Government Quotes · Page 70

Corruption empowers and enriches dictators.

— Tom Malinowski

Vengeance is a personal reaction. But not one that government can indulge in.

— Janet Reno

“Government is a ruling structured thuggery.”

— Toba Beta

A free government is of all others the most energetic.

— Thomas Jefferson

So, all levels of government should be working on tax relief. That's important.

— Lee Zeldin

Government-run schools can't instill morals and character.

— Jim DeMint

Far too often we look to government for solutions to our health care issues.

— Nancy Mace

Not federal government's job to do good deeds.

— Jim DeMint

Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.

— Emile Zola

President Obama and Hillary Clinton want government to run your health care. My dad believes that you and your doctor should decide…

— George P. Bush

They want the federal government controlling the Social Security, like it's some kind of federal program.

— George W. Bush

Government influences your life every day. If there's a war, they're not drafting guys my age.

— Mike Quigley

More and more Congressmen now stay in Washington all year-round because they can't stay at home under the laws they've passed.

— Sam Levenson

If there is one currency that helped Wikileaks take on the might of the U.S. Government, it was Bitcoins.

— Ravi Subramanian

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

— Thomas Jefferson

The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and…

— Abraham Lincoln

We believe that the government's job is to create doors of opportunity for you, your family and your business. Then we get…

— Chris Sununu

I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the…

— Jack Canfield

I'm wary of government. Part of [the Tea Party] impulse is to dislike and be worried about the rich. I'm that way…

— Bill Ayers

Personally, I would counsel any woman who asked, in my family, to do her best to carry the child full term, and…

— Dick Durbin

You go through training camp and get pounded. Then you play the season and miss out on your family and then the…

— Randall Cunningham

Google has withdrawn from China, arguing that it is no longer willing to design its search engine to block information that the…

— Peter Singer

I think of Wangari Mathai in Kenya. If she started out saying she wanted to plant 20 million trees, she would have…

— Frances Moore Lappé

For me, it all begins with faith; it begins with what matters most, and I try and put what I believe to…

— Mike Pence

Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just…

— Barack Obama

And yes,Percy,of course they are now in our United States. Look at your symbol,the eagle of Zeus. Look at the statue of…

— Rick Riordan

The idea that we have progressives inside the Democratic Party - it's actually more deleterious to the progressive movement to have them…

— Jimmy Dore

At heart, American conservatives like myself are believers in the Constitution. We believe that the principles embodied in the Constitution are enduring,…

— Sean Hannity

Being an American journalist can put people on the defensive. In countries where people assume the press is partisan, like in Lebanon,…

— Annia Ciezadlo

If [Ho Chi Minh] had had carte blanche over his movement, would the results of the war have been different? That is…

— William J. Duiker

First of all, in principle, I'm against physician-assisted suicide, and secondly, I believe it is the prerogative of the federal government to…

— George W. Bush

A theory of the middle class: that it is not to be determined by its financial situation but rather by its relation…

— Lionel Trilling

Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.

— Peter Senge

The public needs to know that any Government has a sense of purpose.

— Damian Green

“Change can only take place, if we desire for change.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.

— Charles Evans Hughes

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

— Cullen Hightower

People want our elected officials to govern and for government to work.

— Margaret Hoover

A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential.

— Tony Abbott

There is no better form of government than democracy.

— Sebastian Kurz