I believe the U.S. government owes it to the American people to tell them the truth about what is happening in Guantanamo. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers set up a system that heavily relied upon self-reliance and competition, with only a small dose of government intrusion. — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Our government, keeping aspirations of the Brahmin community in mind, will construct a statue of Parshuram grander than the one promised by… — Mayawati Copy Share Image
I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great… — Martin Sheen Copy Share Image
“I don't believe in the Constitution because I'm American, I'm American because I believe in the Constitution.” — JSB Morse Copy Share Image
A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions. — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
If I was afraid of being killed, I would never speak out against the government. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“Wananchi wakiamua kufanya kitu katika nchi yao kwa asilimia 100 serikali, na taasisi zake zote, haitaweza kuwazuia. Kwa sababu, mamlaka ya wananchi… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
Bureaucracy is ever desirous of spreading its influence and its power. You cannot extend the mastery of the government over the daily… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
As for being a voice in politics, I feel whether you are famous or not, busy or not, it's incumbent upon every… — Elayne Boosler Copy Share Image
Philanthropic leaders genially speak of complementing government, not competing with it as if monopoly were good and competition destructive-thus unwittingly conspiring against… — Richard Cornuelle Copy Share Image
What makes a politician accountable is not that there are millions of people who vote, but that there are procedures of government… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
When the Chinese government tells its citizens that they can worship in a certain building on a certain day, but once they… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that… — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
I support people having a gun in public full stop, not just in your home. We don't have the right to bear… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
In its exterior relations - abroad - this government is the sole and exclusive representative of the united majesty, sovereignty, and power… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Personally, I think government is a tool, like a hammer. You can use a hammer to build or you can use a… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
More than any single action by the government since the end of the war, this one would change the face of America… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The 16th Amendment corroded the American concept of natural rights; ultimately reduced the American citizen to a status of subject, so much… — Frank Chodorov Copy Share Image
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - two bloated and corrupt government-sponsored programs - contributed heavily to the crisis.In order to prevent another… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
We must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We [Afghanistan government] were in the process of cleaning up the government when these attacks happened in the north - not only… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. — Zoe Lofgren Copy Share Image
The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket. — Tom G. Palmer Copy Share Image
Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Many people are interested in their behavior among people; I am interested in my behavior alone. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
It is only the novice in political economy who thinks it is the duty of government to make its citizens happy -… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“When picking a leader, choose a peacemaker. One who unites, not divides. A cultured leader who supports the arts and true freedom… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Let's get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let's take a stand… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
I've led a life working at every level of government, from Congress to local government. — Kathy Hochul Copy Share Image
The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I think about this every day. I wonder, 'Is today the day where everybody stops lying to themselves and realises that the… — Skepta Copy Share Image
The Word of God proves the truth of religion; the corruption of man, its necessity; government, its advantages. — Stanisław I Leszczyński Copy Share Image
I oppose the attempts of homosexual activists to treat homosexual activity as a civil right to be protected and promoted by the… — Todd Akin Copy Share Image
It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which has its object the support and diffusion… — Francis Lieber Copy Share Image