Government Quotes · Page 307

Americans acknowledge that liberty is a gift of God, not an indulgence of government.

— Mitt Romney

Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things.

— Oscar Wilde

If we're free to do what we want, why does government always have a plan for us?

— P. J. O'Rourke

Fine Gael needs to be Fine Gael and needs to stand its ground. It should not sacrifice its politics for position in…

— Leo Varadkar

Locke contended that government originates out of the necessity for protecting property.

— Russell Kirk

One consequence of Russia's klepto-capitalist model is the growing appeal of government jobs, with their lucrative opportunities for payoffs.

— Chrystia Freeland

Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.

— Bill Gates

Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty.

— Josiah Strong

Nobody suffers the pain of birth or the anguish of loving a child in order for presidents to make wars, for governments…

— Lewis H. Lapham

And for government and a bunch of men in government, frankly, to get between a woman and her provider is downright dangerous,…

— Gretchen Whitmer

Many of the libertarian entrepreneurs who only want the government to leave them alone have simply forgotten how important government research, public…

— Glenn Kelman

I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of…

— Eduard Shevardnadze

If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of…

— Garet Garrett

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system,…

— Adlai E Stevenson

In no way have we contemplated the intervention of the army in tasks that belong to police at the different levels of…

— Ruben Aguilar

But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living,…

— Polly Toynbee

Government, not the oil industry, is the biggest 'profiteer' from oil. And it uses the tax revenue to expand its own authority…

— Mark Levin

The left wants you to believe that true morality is defined by how much money you give the government, how much money…

— Rush Limbaugh

You go back and you examine the reasons America was founded, why it worked, what was magic about it, and you find…

— Rush Limbaugh

The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the…

— Andrew Mellon

We are on the brink of a new energy order. Over the next few decades, our reserves of oil will start to…

— Fatih Birol

What's really interesting, though, is that some people in the Messirya are starting to see Darfuri rebels - so non-Arab, [from the]…

— Rebecca Hamilton

Let us teach our people again to be proud that they are Filipinos. Let us teach them to realize anew that being…

— Carlos P. Romulo

People often of masterful intelligence, trained usually in law or economics or perhaps in political science, who have led their governments into…

— Michael Howard

Let men say we be men of good government, being governed, as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the…

— William Shakespeare

“Our offices are filled with people working their lives out to enrich their boss, government or company.”

— Sunday Adelaja

When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.

— Thomas Clarkson

Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.

— Edward Abbey

...the West has its share of liars and poseurs, the ablest of whom congregate in government.

— Ilana Mercer

Whatever the issue, let freedom offer us a hundred choices, instead of having government force one answer on everyone.

— Harry Browne

If President Obama really wants to hurt the Syrian government, don't send cruise missiles. He should send over some of his economic…

— Jay Leno

My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work.

— Tony Campolo

My first goal as governor is to restore public trust in state government by changing the culture of state government.

— Sonny Perdue

I am confident Pakistani government will provide me with adequate security, unlike the government at the time that sabotaged my mother's security…

— Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

To me, democratic socialism means democracy. It means creating a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthiest people in…

— Bernie Sanders

I am confident the Obama administration will work professionally with any Israeli government.

— Ehud Barak

By terrorising the people, the Taliban have sown deep doubts about the government.

— Ashraf Ghani

It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.

— Stewart Udall

But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government.

— Ezra Stiles

The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals.

— John C. Calhoun