Government Quotes · Page 287

What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and…

— Robert Scheer

If credit expansion, protectionism, and government spending were a path to prosperity, mankind would have long ago created heaven on earth.

— Llewellyn Rockwell

“In a democracy we sometimes have to put up with things we don't life or approve of.”

— Stephen King

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

— Benjamin Disraeli

I stand for all those who feel that the government no longer understands the individual and no longer respects individual rights.

— Harvey Milk

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

— James Bovard

Ask me my three main priorities for Government, and I tell you: education, education, and education.

— Tony Blair

The heart of government, coated with whatever velvet gloves you want to put on it, is a mailed fist of force and…

— Alan Keyes

As prime minister, I was conscious of walking in Whitlam's footsteps as our government set about creating a companion to Medicare, the…

— Julia Gillard

Environmental regulation looked like it was going to be under serious attack, and they were giving all of those speeches about getting…

— Robert Hass

Job creation requires a business friendly environment with a tax structure that is not punitive and a state government designed for efficient…

— Anonymous

Legislative language is governed by a law of etymology that is also the ancient code of the bureaucracy: It doesn't have to…

— Molly Ivins

'Fair' is one of the most dangerous concepts in politics. Since no two people are likely to agree on what is 'fair,'…

— Thomas Sowell

When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York and…

— Anonymous

'You didn't build that' will be Obama's political epitaph: With these remarks, Obama has come out of the closet as a most…

— Ilana Mercer

If you own a chemical plant and leak a little benzene, you're in big trouble because everyone knows how carcinogenic it is.…

— Anonymous

I am not sure that I know enough about the pre-history of 9/11 to agree or disagree. But I did think at…

— Judith Butler

Remember, government is not an enlightened organization designed to promote public welfare. It is barbaric, uncivilized force…military and police power put to…

— Bill Bonner

“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and…

— Thomas Jefferson

The economic miracle that has been the United States was not produced by socialized enterprises, by government-unon-industry cartels or by centralized economic…

— Milton Friedman

Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive…

— Derrick Jensen

Corruption is knowing when something is not being done, knowing when the American people are being left unprotected and when you make…

— Robert Wright

“It was an idea that made the crucial difference between British and Iberian America – an idea about the way people should…

— Niall Ferguson

The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.

— Mitt Romney

The President and the Democrats on Congress have exploited the financial crisis to advance their socialist big government tax, spend and borrow…

— Bradley A. Blakeman

I know that strong trade unions and best supported by Labour Government actually protect worker's rights.

— Gisela Stuart

Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

— Narendra Modi

I think the answer has to do with the fact that [Louis D.] Brandeis was a consistent critic of bigness in business…

— Jeffrey Rosen

“When enough people realize that they are slaves but don't have to be, revolutions happen.”

— J.S.B. Morse

New York voters agree on this: There is too much corruption in government - federal, state, and local.

— Wendy Long

I want enterprise and entrepreneurship embedded in the national curriculum and will continue to lobby government until it happens.

— Peter Jones

The first big choice: a government with the strength to deliver stability, or a government that takes the country back to boom…

— Tony Blair

I am proud of my government. Like China, we also built hospitals within 15-20 days.

— Uddhav Thackeray

Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights.

— Walter E. Williams

Korea has a long way to go before ending corruption. But Mayor Goh has certainly taken an important step toward it.

— Park Won-soon

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.

— Arlen Specter

We have bloated, out-of-control, and unresponsive government agencies that need to be reined in and focused by Congress to deliver results.

— Elizabeth Emken

Government has no wealth of its own. Before it gives anything to anyone, it must take from those who produced it.

— John Stossel

A right to jury trial is granted to criminal defendants in order to prevent oppression by the Government.

— Byron White