Quotes about govern
government free-spirit weight
all government, whatever its forms or pretenses, is a dead weight that paralyzes the free spirit and activities of the masses. Emma Goldman
government goes-on method
The government will ... go on in the highly democratic method of conscripting American manhood for European slaughter. Emma Goldman
government anarchy injustice
... the keynote of government is injustice. Emma Goldman
government order mind
Anarchism stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the coercion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. It stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals… Emma Goldman
government liberty libertarian
There's never been a good government. Emma Goldman
government hands justice
Seek justice from tyrannical governments not with your hat in your hands but with a rifle in your fist. Emiliano Zapata
government justice people
If there is not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government. Emiliano Zapata
government dna levels
The biggest government waste: The death penalty. An individual death-penalty case could climb to $100 million, much of it spent at the litigation level. Also, DNA evidence has exonerated nearly 300 death-row inmates. John McLaughlin
government action lied
We have been lied to and terrorized by our own government, and it is time to take action. John Mellencamp
government people southern
And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment. To wit, there are signs that the government put up that say, ‘Warning. You are in a drug smuggling area and a human smuggling area. John McCain
government administration conspiracy
Excessive administration secrecy... feeds conspiracy theories and reduces the public's confidence in government. John McCain
government typical roles
I am all in favor of pay equity for women, but this kind of legislation, as is typical of what's being proposed by my friends on the other side of the aisle, opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems.....This is government playing a much, much greater role in the business of a private enterprise system. John McCain
government without-trust
Without trusting government you can't do a lot of things. John McCain
government average games
In the Washington soft money game, big business and big labor are accomplices working together to protect the mushy middle of big government, with plenty of special interest plums: Big unions get big spending and big business gets corporate welfare and special tax breaks - all at the expense of average Americans. John McCain
government office honor
On my honor, I swear to you, that from my first day in office to the last breath I draw, I will do everything in my power to make you proud of your government. John McCain
government people trouble
The trouble with government as it is, is that it doesn't represent the people. It controls them. John Lennon
government political affair
Increased interest and participation by labor in the affairs of government should make for economic and political stability in the future. Labor has a constitutional and statutory right to participate. John L. Lewis
government irony ends
It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that which they would most like to repress.
government people accountability
Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it. Jim Nussle
government needs reform
The reform of government needs to continue. Jim Nussle
government people dissent
A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent. Jim Leach
government together development
Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments. Jim Leach
government needs cost
We don't know what our health care costs are going to be. We don't know what our tax rates are going to be. We don't know what our interest rates are going to be. We don't know what our energy costs are going to be. All these uncertainties are being driven by the Government's agenda. What we really need to do is get Government to step back. Jim Renacci
government dangerous-world challenges
After the horrific attacks of September 11th, it was evident that our Government needed to be transformed to meet the new challenges of this dangerous world. Jim Ryun
government america giving
There is a growing sentiment in America that regular saving should be ignored-that the government will take care of people and give them security when they get beyond a certain age or become old and unable to work, but it must be borne in mind that the people who earn and do save, take care of the government! Were it not for the thrifty and the willing workers, the government would be in a bad way. George Matthew Adams
government justice may
Whatever power may be necessary for the National Government a certain portion must necessarily be left in the States. It is impossible for one power to pervade the extreme parts of the U.S. so as to carry equal justice to them. George Mason
government safety community
Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community. George Mason
government liberty freedom-of-the-press
The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. George Mason
government safety people
Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration. George Mason
government people community
Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, indefeasible right, to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public Weal. George Mason
government judging roles
Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline. George Jones
government ideas lines
A triumphalist corporate capitalism, free at last of the specter of Communism, has mobilized its economic power to relentlessly marginalize all nonmarket values; to subordinate every aspect of American life to corporate "efficiency" and the bottom line; to demonize not only government but the very idea of public service and public goods. Ellen Willis
government people firsts
Moammar Gaddafi, who has called himself the 'Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,' should go down in history with the Emperor Bokassa and Idi Amin as a grotesque reminder of why people have the right to change their government. Elliott Abrams