Government Quotes · Page 292

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

— Denis Diderot

The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption.

— Mario Monti

From day one, my mantra has been - and will continue to be - that as a government we were there to…

— Dalia Grybauskaite

Socialisms not a word that I use. I say social democracy because I dont think the government needs to own all the…

— David Cunliffe

Many people have uninstalled Chinese apps. So when crores uninstall apps. It will be a message for the Chinese government when they…

— Sonam Wangchuk

When a government gives special tax treatment to a few companies, that makes it hard for anyone else to compete on equal…

— Margrethe Vestager

No Swaraj government with any pretension to being a popular government can possibly be organised and maintained on a war-footing.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution.

— William J. Clinton

The best thing government can do now is get out of the way and let small businesses innovate, hire and grow. Unfortunately,…

— Oliver DeMille

People are always saying,'They'll take care of it. The government'll--Don't worry, they'll--' 'They' who? It starts with us. It's us. Or else…

— Michael Jackson

“When the people are not enlightened enough to exercise intelligent control, you take it from them, not to command their lives, but…

— R.J. Lawrence

Nobody can refuse a person who comes and asks for a job. Nobody can refuse a poor man when he goes and…

— Rahul Gandhi

Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its…

— Walter Bagehot

There is a patent office at the seat of government of the universe, whose managers are as much interested in the dispersion…

— Henry David Thoreau

Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The…

— Thomas Jefferson

The public has a right to know what kind of monitoring the government is doing, and there should be a public discussion…

— Adam Cohen

“Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And…

— Frank Herbert

It is worth noting that 'too big to fail' is not simply about size. A big institution is 'too big' when there…

— Jerome Powell

Taxes are a barbaric remnant of ancient times in which early farmers, tied to the land, no longer able to roam freely,…

— L. Neil Smith

Conservative evangelicals don't want government support for our faith, because we believe God created all consciences free and a state-coerced act of…

— Russell D. Moore

Frankly, the conservatives need to be better conservatives. Real conservatives actually respect our Constitution and would stand up to an authoritarian. Real…

— Van Jones

I am with the South in life or death, in victory or defeat. I believe the North is about to wage a…

— Patrick Cleburne

Liberals have created, and the minority leadership has exploited, a community of dependent people, unaware of the true route to prosperity and…

— Rush Limbaugh

You don't want the United States to become South America, where you have a super collection of rich people at the tippy-top…

— Anthony Scaramucci

I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president.

— Paul D. Boyer

It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.

— Margaret Thatcher

To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope.

— Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

In all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance

— James Madison

I do not blame the government for not providing infrastructure to athletes. They have given everything for training of athletes.

— Milkha Singh

Every Labour government has left office with higher unemployment than when it entered.

— Esther McVey

The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.

— Margaret Thatcher

I think Bush has capitulated on affirmative action and government spending. Apart from that, he's OK, I guess. About the same as…

— Peter Brimelow

God is in charge, and alone sits as the ultimate government over His creation. All other governments are then to reflect His…

— Tony Evans

The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the…

— Charles Krauthammer

Compassionate conservatism [is] most importantly, making sure that government is not the answer to people's problems.

— George W. Bush

I have confidence that the government of Luxembourg will not make any decision that frustrates this transaction.

— Lakshmi Mittal

It would be a matter of concern for government if intrusive data capture has been deployed against Indian citizens or government infrastructure.

— Kapil Sibal

I am calling upon all of you to come out and fight corruption and agree to support the government in fighting corruption…

— Mwai Kibaki

The commitment of government to deal with the population issue is of course essential…There are many ways to make the death rate…

— Robert McNamara

The students wanted to speak to the government, and the police answered with bullets.

— Vusi Mahlasela