Quotes about govern
government issues people
With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money to defraud and plunder the people. Friedrich August von Hayek
government democracy way
It is possible for a dictator to govern in a liberal way. And it is also possible for a democracy to govern with a total lack of liberalism. Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism.
government libertarian scum
In government, the scum rises to the top.
government giving democracy
By giving the government unlimited powers, the most arbitrary rule can be made legal; and in this way a democracy may set up the most complete despotism imaginable.
government car promise
By the time I was done with the car it looked worse than any typical Indian car that has been driven all its life on reservation roads, which they always say are like government promises - full of holes. Louise Erdrich
government want rich
The richest persons in Africa are heads of state, governors and ministers. So every 'educated' African who wants to be rich - and there is nothing wrong with wanting to be rich - heads straight into government or politics. George Ayittey
government higher level mechanism response
The humanitarian response mechanism for the U.S. government is now ramping up to a much higher level of readiness, Andrew Natsios
government looking matters utmost
the Ethiopian government is looking all matters with utmost patience. Meles Zenawi
government informal major opposition organized people persuade president terms test towards
The informal opposition towards President Slobodan Milosevic's government I think is very strong. In terms of organized opposition, we will see. This is the major test that we, the opposition leaders, will have to pass. It is up to us to persuade these people that we can make a difference.
government greece greek land move soon spokesman
A Greek government spokesman said he anticipated that they would be able to land soon and move through Greece to their posts. Kenneth Bacon
government great loved minor reason regime second writer
A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.
government
A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away. Barry Goldwater
government hold majority parliament power
A government that does not have a majority in parliament does not really hold power and that should be changed. Jaroslaw Kaczynski
government prisoners shot
A government that allows prisoners to be shot at should resign.
government stuff needs
We can't depend on consumers to spend money they don't have on stuff they don't need, so the government has to do it for them Jacob Sullum
government democracy calling
There's nothing new about the government protecting corporations and calling it the freeing of the world or bringing democracy to bereft nations. Henry Rollins
government people way
Quite often governments are one way and the people are another.
government benefits revolution
The foreign policy of this government is driven by politics - to extend a revolution worldwide. My objective with regards to foreign relations is to benefit all Venezuelans. Henrique Capriles Radonski
government oligarchy form
We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels. Henry A. Wallace
government giving office
I would rather starve and rot and keep the privilege of speaking the truth as I see it, than of holding all the offices that capital has to give from the presidency down. Henry Adams
government people political
A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly democratic; for democracy, rightly understood, is the government of the people, by the people, for the benefit of Senators, and there is always a danger that the British Minister may not understand this political principle as he should.
government people violence
The American formal position has been that we oppose violence by governments against their people. That principle should not be abandoned. Henry A. Kissinger
government able saws
We were in a great, seething moment in the 1970s. There was a new Labour government and everything seemed full of hope... But, as we got older and we saw how much women's behaviour contributed to what was wrong, we stopped being able to see ourselves purely as. Helen Garner
government body consciousness
What would happen to the individual if all the functions of the body were placed under the control of the consciousness is what would happen to a nation in which all individual activities were directed by government. Henry George
government order political
Many university presidents assume the language and behavior of CEOs and in doing so they are completely reneging on the public mission of the universities. The state is radically defunding public universities and university presidents, for the most part, rather than defending higher education as a public good, are trying to privatize their institutions in order to remove them from the political control of state governments. This is not a worthy or productive strategy. Henry Giroux
government giving firsts
The government has nothing to give to anybody that it doesn't first take from someone else. Henry Hazlitt
government self hands
Government-to-government foreign aid promotes statism, centralized planning, socialism, dependence, pauperization, inefficiency, and waste. It prolongs the poverty it is designed to cure. Voluntary private investment in private enterprise, on the other hand, promotes capitalism, production, independence, and self-reliance.
government gambling growth
The consequences of inflation are malinvestment, waste, a wanton redistribution of wealth and income, the growth of speculation and gambling, immorality and corruption, disillusionment, social resentment, discontent, upheaval and riots, bankruptcy, increased government controls, and eventual collapse.
government pumps way
The only way government bureaucrats know of keeping prosperity going is to inflate some more - to increase the deficit or to pump more money into the system.
government political pay
When any welfare scheme is being proposed, its political sponsors always dwell on what a generous and compassionate government should pay to Paul; they neglect to mention that this additional money must be seized from Peter.
government-welfare two effort
The vital consideration of incentives is almost systematically overlooked in the proposals of agitators for more and bigger government welfare schemes. We should all be concerned about the plight of the poor and unfortunate. But the hard two-part question that any plan for relieving poverty must answer is: How can we mitigate the penalties of failure and misfortune without undermining the incentives to effort and success.
government-intervention needs groups
A Day never passes without some ardent reformer or group of reformers suggesting some new government intervention, some new statist scheme to fill some alleged 'need' or relieve some alleged distress.
government agency arbitrary
Arbitrary government power is being multiplied daily by the now practically unchallenged assumption that wherever there is any problem of any kind to be solved, government is the agency to step in and solve it.