Desire Quote by Robin Hobb

People constantly requesting government intervention are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men…

— Margaret Thatcher

Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it…

— Ron Paul

All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and…

— James F. Cooper

No government prospers by saying, 'I don't need to do anything. Just by being there, we have made the country thrive.'

— Lee Hsien Loong

Perhaps it is time to be more careful what we ask government to do, and where we allow it to become part of our…

— Rand Paul

Ordinary people need to lead and not sit there and think that governments are going to spoon-feed them and look after them and look…

— Ian Kiernan

We need to allow people to bypass government... to look to themselves for solving problems rather than asking the government to do things for…

— Gavin Newsom

The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it.

— Michael Mandelbaum

We can't do without government, but we do need it to be more effective.

— Jennifer Pahlka

Government doesn't work. That's the first lesson we must learn if we want to improve society.

— Harry Browne

It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work -- work with us, not over us;…

— Ronald Reagan

I'm not a huge believer that government provides a whole lot of solutions.

— Erik Prince