Government Quotes · Page 248

I was by Ariel Sharon's side on the day it was decided to form Kadima. It was founded in aim to create…

— Tzipi Livni

When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.

— Edward Snowden

We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny, is rampant.

— Julius Nyerere

Our morbidly obese federal government needs not just behavior modification but bariatric surgery.

— Mitch Daniels

the qualifications for self-government in society are not innate. they are the result of habit and long training.

— Thomas Jefferson

Beaverbrook is so pleased to be in the government that he is like the town tart who finally married the Mayor.

— Beverley Baxter

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burthens.

— Abraham Lincoln

In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in…

— Helen Clark

We do not need more federal government overreach and control of our land and water, and I will always fight to protect…

— Lauren Boebert

We all want prosperity, but not at the expense of liberty. Poverty is not as great a danger to liberty as is…

— Joseph Pulitzer

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that…

— Winston Churchill

That's the marvellous thing about seasteads; if a government fails, there's nothing much the people who live there can do about it.…

— Joe Quirk

Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they…

— Eamon de Valera

The other view is of the official United States, the United States of armies and interventions. The United States that in 1953…

— Edward Said

I'm the treasurer of the state of Ohio, where, when the United States credit rating was downgraded for the first time in…

— Josh Mandel

Obviously, every dictator pays a great deal of attention to who is running the army. There's always a base right outside the…

— Elliott Abrams

“But we must accept one central truth and responsibility as participants in a democracy: Freedom is not a state; it is an…

— John Lewis

India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother,…

— Will Durant

“I think maybe the classic formulation was by David Hume in "Of the First Principles of Government," where he pointed out that…

— Noam Chomsky

I'm happy to respect authority when it's genuine authority, based on moral or intellectual or even technical superiority. I'm eager to follow…

— Edward Abbey

We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and…

— Thomas Jefferson

“As the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, — as it has in…

— Anonymous

My country's history, Mr. President, tells us that it is possible to fashion unity while cherishing diversity, that common action is possible…

— Henry A. Kissinger

It may be said that the power of preventing bad laws includes that of preventing good ones; and may be used to…

— Alexander Hamilton

Government by three men in a room has turned New York State into a national symbol of governmental dysfunction. Enough is enough!

— Michael Bloomberg

Popular congresses are the only means to achieve popular democracy. Any system of government other than popular congresses is undemocratic.

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil].

— Abraham Lincoln

Republican government - self-government by the people - is at the heart of what it means to be free.

— Josh Hawley

If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not…

— Helen Prejean

As far as women's security is concerned, our government is committed to the cause.

— Rajnath Singh

Though the profusion of Government must undoubtedly have retarded the natural progress of England to wealth and improvement, it has not been…

— Adam Smith

With the help of the local government units (LGU) there's a chance weightlifting will be reintroduced again in Palarong Pambansa.

— Hidilyn Diaz

Theft and corruption in the private sector is as bad as that in government and must be dealt with decisively by law…

— Jacob Zuma

We can transform the government and the economy, as well as democracy, in Malaysia.

— Najib Razak

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

I believe we can make progress on bringing true equality and fairness back to our government if we continue to work together…

— Tulsi Gabbard

Liberals measure compassion by counting the number of people receiving government help.

— Rush Limbaugh

What both the left and the right overlook is our Founders' wisdom about the limits and dangers of government.

— Ed Crane

What you want is a government, particularly if you're coming in fresh as a new government, you want stability.

— Humza Yousaf

The fact is, my friends, most Americans don't want more government. They want less government.

— Mike Huckabee