The fact is, almost every year since the founding of these United States, our government has lived beyond its means. — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else… — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
It's the Government's job to print the money, deliver the mail and declare war. Now give me my cigarettes. — Florence King Copy Share Image
Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We must learn to be self-reliant and independent of schools, courts, protection and patronage of a Government we seek to end, if… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
There are many aspects of the government that operate off a continuing resolution. It's difficult to do so for the military. — Lee Zeldin Copy Share Image
People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and… — Carol Moseley Braun Copy Share Image
At home, we must reject the mistaken notion - a notion that has dominated too much of the public dialogue for too… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I would wager that my job has helped save our economy from the economic ravages of out-of-control environmental extremism. I view my… — Roy Spencer Copy Share Image
After two years of fighting, government shutdowns and little to no agreement on anything except welfare reform in 1996, President Clinton was… — Ari Fleischer Copy Share Image
Good schools, good jobs, good government. These are not unreasonable demands. But sadly, some of our people have already lost heart and… — Linda Lingle Copy Share Image
New Hampshire state government is a big customer for prescription drug companies. Just as businesses do, we should take advantage of the… — John Lynch Copy Share Image
When some states introduced mandatory smallpox vaccinations during the epidemic of 1898-1903, Americans resisted by the thousands. The ensuing battles produced medical… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
To the free man, the country is the collection of individuals who compose it, not something over and above them. He is… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The government ought to be in the business of delivering health, education, housing, and basic services to people without a lot of… — Ron Dellums Copy Share Image
The government of Qatar, as I mentioned, has proposed to come and lease Kenya's Tana River delta in order to farm there.… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. The reason… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague… — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
Human artifacts not only include material structures and objects, such as buildings, machines, and automobiles, but they also include organizations, organizational structures… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
The reason territorial monarchs failed time after time against maritime powers was not that absolutist, non-consensual governments were incapable of building great… — Peter Padfield Copy Share Image
The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
There is hardly a facet of life that is now free of some sort of federal action. — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
If you can eliminate the government as a 39.6% partner, then you will be much better off. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The business of government relies upon people accepting responsibility for their mistakes. — Suella Braverman Copy Share Image
I do not believe that government should be in the business of telling women what they should do with their bodies. — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
It's not proper for the government to intrude too thoroughly into the domain of the family. It's inappropriate. — Jordan Peterson Copy Share Image
Looking back at Tim Cook's public appearances in the last few years makes the standoff with the government look almost inevitable. — Laura Sydell Copy Share Image
It's time to roll back superfluous governmental regulations and limit government to its sole task: safeguarding the rights of its citizens. — Madison Cawthorn Copy Share Image
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life. — Todd Akin Copy Share Image
In Washington, the accepted method for passing along information about how the government fails to meet real-world needs is to leak it. — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Our challenge is to restore both trust in Labour as a party of government and trust in democracy as the best means… — Jess Phillips Copy Share Image
Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We simply can't keep providing money from the federal government in the form of subsidized or actual loans and Pell Grants when… — John Kline Copy Share Image
We have our differences since the beginning of America. It's a legitimate difference. What is the role of government, et cetera, federal,… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
I've never been an oligarch. The definition of an oligarch is someone who has co-operated with the government, and I never did. — Bidzina Ivanishvili Copy Share Image
Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
