Government Quotes · Page 54

A lot of wonderful people love their country and hate the military.

— William J. Clinton

... the state is not absolute, and loyalty to the state cannot be absolute.

— Petra Kelly

The government has got to do something to help independent businesses.

— Jasmine Guinness

How dare Americans allow their government to cause such misery [in the world].

— Ramsey Clark

In 1923 there were no government benefits for immigrants except one: Freedom!

— Rick Santorum

We have to have the faithful in government.

— Katherine Harris

The people want government that works for them at every level.

— Anonymous

These things I believe: that government should butt out.

— Lyn Nofziger

Our government has made a whole lot of promises that, in the long run, it cannot possibly keep without huge tax increases.

— David Walker

BSP does not believe in organizing violent protest. It's a disciplined party and follows democratic process to oppose anti-people policies of government.

— Mayawati

We've listened to our businesses, and we know they want more tools online so they can do business faster - with less…

— Ned Lamont

You've got to have free markets with limited government, with the proper amount of regulation where you don't jam entrepreneurship.

— John Schnatter

I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days. One was reducing the…

— John McCain

There is no art which government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.

— Adam Smith

Sometimes, government officials and legislators disagree on policies or issues. Yet, we invariably want the best for Hong Kong people.

— Carrie Lam

It's a vain hope to believe that people will voluntarily turn their back on government subsidies.

— James Cook

I appeal to everyone who understands what it is to have kids in school, have a mortgage, to work for a living;…

— Elizabeth Emken

I think people are frustrated with dysfunction, not just dysfunction in government, but a lot of dysfunction that surrounds them. I get…

— John Kasich

... often analysis seems to be based on the assumption that future economic output is almost entirely determined by inexorable economic forces…

— William Vickrey

Attending that Convention and talking with those people and many others convinced me that I should become a blogger in my efforts…

— John Jay Hooker

Government should stand behind its currency and credit and the bank deposits of the nation. No individual should suffer a loss of…

— Abraham Lincoln

It's very difficult for governments to dominate the Internet because it's so difficult to control. People want to be free. People want…

— Eric Schmidt

The big missing part of the jig-saw is to get the assembly back up and running here in Northern Ireland, to get…

— Peter Hain

The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government…

— Gerry Spence

“Did not Socrates, all the while he unflinchingly refused to concede one iota of loyalty to his daemon, obey with equal fidelity…

— Inazo Nitobe

It has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should…

— George Washington

“PROPER ROLE OF THE STATE I believe that the proper role of the state is negative, not positive; defensive, not aggressive. It…

— G. Edward Griffin

As proof of this statement, consider this question: Have the people ever been known to rise against the Court of Appeals, or…

— Frederic Bastiat

In a government framed for durable liberty, not less regard must be paid to giving the magistrate a proper degree of authority,…

— Alexander Hamilton

Because finally, 'the equal right of every citizen to the free exercise of his religion according to the dictates of conscience' is…

— James Madison

“If you have the power to hit people over the head whenever you want, you don’t have to trouble yourself too much…

— David Graeber

The Founding Father expressed in words for all to read the ideal of Government based upon the dignity of the individual. That…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Isn’t the media supposed to keep government responsible?”

— Jameson Currier

“My Son, Only Tax and Death are for sure.”

— Csaba Gabor

Government should be concerned with anti-social conduct, not with utterances.

— William Orville Douglas

Censorship is advertising paid by the government.

— Federico Fellini

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

— Edward Abbey

America's government has to get the public investments right.

— Van Jones

No bank should be allowed to become so big that it can blackmail governments.

— Angela Merkel

Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.

— Ludwig von Mises