Government Quotes · Page 297

It is true that SpaceX is partially a government contractor, but it would be unfair to say that SpaceX is entirely a…

— Elon Musk

Gluten intolerance and celiac disease are direct results of American agriculture policy and, specifically, the government's wading into the food arena.

— Joel Salatin

Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy.

— Ludwig von Mises

I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.

— Jim DeMint

Good government is one of the most important factors in economic growth and social well-being.

— Joe Lonsdale

Open the way before the new government to prove that it is for serving the people.

— Muqtada al Sadr

If the government is going to mandate levels and punish schools for failing, they should send that money to the school system.

— Robert Duncan

If you eliminate the names of Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt, Jackson and Wilson, both conventions would get out three days earlier.

— Will Rogers

Gold and silver are always in demand, regardless of clime, century, or government in power. But public confidence in and, hence, demand…

— Murray Rothbard

The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent from the…

— Jose Ramos-Horta

How could politics be a science, if laws and forms of government had not a uniform influence upon society? Where would be…

— David Hume

The federal government... announced a plan to spend, like, a trillion of taxpayer dollars to buy out bad mortgages and debt. Wall…

— Bill Maher

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

The federal government needs a strategic approach that includes strong leadership and the ability to manage weather related risks. The challenge of…

— Matt Cartwright

You know what, citizens? If you don't have a gun - I'm telling you as a Christian chaplain - sell your clothes,…

— Gordon Klingenschmitt

Government is the assumption of authority over a given area and all within it, exercised generally for the double purpose of more…

— Benjamin Tucker

History can come in handy. If you were born yesterday, with no knowledge of the past, you might easily accept whatever the…

— Howard Zinn

I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution…The only fault I find with the Constitution is, it is not broad enough to…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

The conservative movement, to which I subscribe, has as one of its basic tenets the belief that government should stay out of…

— Barry Goldwater

I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic…

— Nelson Mandela

“In his book Politics, which is the foundation of the study of political systems, and very interesting, Aristotle talked mainly about Athens.…

— Noam Chomsky

All deductions having been made, democracy has done less harm, and more good, than any other form of government. It gave to…

— Will Durant

[Young people] can't do much with [student debt] other than try to figure out how to pay it down. They can't take…

— Hillary Clinton

Economists may not know much. But we know one thing very well: how to produce surpluses and shortages. Do you want a…

— Milton Friedman

Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Netanyahu's government and its faulty and politicized priorities are leading Israel into bankruptcy.

— Tzipi Livni

They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.

— Bob Woodward

As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.

— Elton Gallegly

If you spend enough time in or around Washington, you'll meet amazing people who work for the government.

— Judy Woodruff

Our problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves.

— Bernard Baruch

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

— Theodore Bikel

It would be so simple for the government to support farmers to become more profitable and farm sustainably.

— Kimbal Musk

Capital punishment, like the rest of the criminal justice system, is a government program, so skepticism is in order.

— George Will

It is not fair to those who fight corruption that they have to fight the aggressiveness, the impunity of the corrupt.

— Wole Soyinka

When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on [gay] marriage, that's when it's time to resist.

— Rand Paul

Why are congressmen called public servants? You never see servants that anxious to keep their jobs.

— Robert Quillen

The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences.

— Johann Lamont

The government is not doing anything to help the country to heal. The government is just making cosmetic changes.

— Zainab al-Khawaja

Our country is slowly but surely moving - and I've seen it over and over again in many instances in government -…

— Elijah Cummings

The science of government is only a science of combinations, of applications, and of exceptions, according to times, places and circumstances.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau