Government Quotes · Page 244

In our country the moral science is weak. But these problems should be dealt by us. Why should it come from the…

— Sanjay Mishra

The important thing for the government to do is to help people who cannot help themselves by providing a range of support.

— Carrie Lam

Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area - and our…

— Mario Draghi

The government usually announces it killed a Big Terrorist 5 or 6 different times before they're dead - they're almost like cats.

— Glenn Greenwald

At home, we have begun the monumental task of returning the government back to the people on a scale not seen in…

— Donald Trump

“Corrupt and incompetent police officers have a long history of being protected by their colleagues, police internal affairs and the government.”

— Steven Magee

Liberals want the government to get bigger, and they want you to drive smaller cars, and they want to dictate the way…

— Rush Limbaugh

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.

— Jim Leach

I voted to repeal the government takeover of health care that raises costs, increases taxes, spends trillions of dollars that we don't…

— Robert Hurt

What the Idaho Health Freedom Act says is that the citizens of our state won't be subject to another federal mandate or…

— Butch Otter

I'm proud of having been one of the first to recognize that states and the federal government have a duty to protect…

— Ronald Reagan

Millennials don't believe that government is the most effective in solving problems, and that lack of faith in big government is an…

— Elise Stefanik

But, you know, once you're in government, very often you need to shoulder responsibility. I hope the new Spanish government will think…

— Jose Maria Aznar

Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats. You're for them or against them. Taxes…

— Ann Coulter

Charles Beard warned us that governments-inc luding the government of the United States-are not neutral, that they represent the dominant economic interests,…

— Howard Zinn

Maher Arar's case stands as a sad example of how we have been too willing to sacrifice our core principles to overarching…

— Patrick Leahy

Government is best which is closest to the people. Yet that belief is betrayed by those State and local officials who engage…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I was a very senior minister in the Howard government and I sat around this particular table [in the prime ministerial office]…

— Tony Abbott

“There is no difference between the principles, policies and practical results of socialism—and those of any historical or prehistorical tyranny. Socialism is…

— Ayn Rand

I deny the right of Congress to force a slaveholding State upon an unwilling people. I deny their right to force a…

— Stephen A. Douglas

This oppressor/oppressed cultural Marxist thing is you're an authentic woman and an authentic black even only if you support liberal causes. If…

— Andrew Breitbart

If [Donald Trump] doesn't make sure that all the foreign government payments - and this includes banks and other corporations owned by…

— Reince Priebus

The die is cast in Canada: there are two ethnic and linguistic groups; each is too strong and too deeply rooted in…

— Pierre Trudeau

I first became interested in Ho Chi Minh in 1964-1965 while I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam as…

— William J. Duiker

Frankly, it's a bit shocking to me the lengths government will go to to let little Rappler feel its power.

— Maria Ressa

“A Government is not free to do as it pleases…. The law of nature stands as an eternal rule to all men,…

— David Boaz

Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost…

— Gouverneur Morris

I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the…

— Anonymous

I think we should just tip the government if it does a good job. Fifteen percent is the standard tip, isn't it?

— Pat Paulsen

Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.

— Thomas Jefferson

There never was yet a people who must not have somebody or something to represent the dignity of the state.

— John Adams

Our founders recognized that 'men were not angels' and that checks and balances in government were critical to avoid threats to the…

— Neal Katyal

We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“What corrupt corporate governments call a terrorist is what many common people call a resistance fighter.”

— Steven Magee

The Conservative government's neglect of social housing is all too apparent and should be a source of national shame.

— Layla Moran

The government burns down whole cities while the people are forbidden to light lamps.

— Mao Zedong

Sports Direct should come with a government health warning - this stock is not for the fainthearted.

— Mike Ashley

The sales tax, excise and property registration departments are all more eager to collect cash in their drawers than to collect for…

— Sucheta Dalal

As governor, Im spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.

— Jack Markell

Since corrupt people unite amongst themselves to constitute a force, then honest people must do the same.

— Leo Tolstoy