Government Quotes · Page 289

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own…

— Woodrow Wilson

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form…

— Colin Powell

Governments last only as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed

— Bernard Berenson

You always worry about the devaluation of the dollar, but the devaluation of the dollar is based oftentimes on what the government…

— Francis X. Suarez

“Always remember: When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.

— Wanda Sykes

We need a global parliament, a global government and possibly a global ministry for security.

— Lech Walesa

It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.

— Mitt Romney

Nothing is worse, or more of a breach of the social contract between citizen and state, than for government officials, bureaucrats and…

— Bob Riley

Do not waste your vote by voting for other parties - they will not form the government - as it will only…

— J. Jayalalithaa

One of the things I'm so determined to preserve and restore is the fact that you can be the kid who was…

— Jacinda Ardern

As a citizen of Ireland I have more sovereignty over our government. Because citizens now have more ways of holding the Irish…

— Mary Robinson

Homeschoolers are the ultimate do-it-yourselfers. They are self-motivated and self-directed, independent-minded and creative. They are not content to turn their education of…

— Nancy Pearcey

During the Civil War, the United States government had organized new territories in the West at a cracking pace, both to keep…

— Heather Cox Richardson

The most perilous moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways. Only consummate statecraft can enable a…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern…

— Jim DeMint

The political system of the United States is essentially extra-European. To stand in firm and cautious independence of all entanglement in the…

— John Quincy Adams

But above all, what this Congress can be remembered for is opening the way to a new American revolutiona peaceful revolution in…

— Richard M. Nixon

“Plato argued that good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will always find a…

— Philip K. Howard

I know nothing, by experience, of party discipline. I would rather be a raccoon-dog, and belong to a Negro in the forest,…

— Davy Crockett

This balance between the National and State governments ought to be dwelt on with peculiar attention, as it is of the utmost…

— Alexander Hamilton

The only way to stop it [terrorism] is to work with the leaders of Islamic nations to insure that tolerance of other…

— Richard A. Clarke

I do not think that the government, under the guise of some phony, alarmist, pseudo-scientific rhetoric, should attempt to control the evolution…

— Terence McKenna

Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is…

— Paul Krugman

Congress has powers, and they are an important check on the other branches of government.

— Nancy Mace

Unlike the federal government, most states don't have the option of running a deficit.

— Marcia Angell

My government accords top most priority to national security. Therefore, effective steps are being taken to tackle terrorism and naxalism.

— Ram Nath Kovind

I worked for GCHQ, which stands for Government Communications Headquarters, and is the equivalent of the NSA here in the U.S.

— Katharine Gun

“From DW: I got it. “Here's the thing,” I said. "I'm not going to be the government's bitch.”

— Tamara Rose Blodgett

My government has the challenge of addressing the issue of gas. The issue of gas cannot be addressed today without the participation…

— Carlos Mesa

The official language of the State of Illinois shall be known hereafter as the American language, and not the English language.

— Frank Church

The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid

— Will Rogers

Aggressive government spending during the Great Recession was absolutely necessary.

— Eric Garcetti

A Lewis-led government will always stand up for Canadian farmers and our agriculture sector.

— Leslyn Lewis

It may pass for a maxim in State, that the administration cannot be placed in too few hands, nor the legislature in…

— Jonathan Swift

Despotism is the only form of government which may with safety to itself, neglect the education of its infant poor.

— Samuel Horsley

THE most widespread form of child abuse in the United States is parents sending children to the government to be educated.

— Neal Boortz

Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.

— Bernard Berenson

We are ready to end fascism once and for all, even in spite of the Republican government.

— Buenaventura Durruti

The conservative values of limited government and freedom for all coincide with the movement for full freedom and equality for LGBT Americans.

— Margaret Hoover