Quotes about govern
government should private-sector
Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. Steven Rattner
government play mind
Finally, let's keep well in mind the most important lesson of the auto rescue: While government should stay away from the private sector as much as possible, markets do occasionally fail, and when they do government can play a constructive role, as it did in the case of the auto rescue. Steven Rattner
government bail administration
Neither the George W. Bush nor the Obama administrations volunteered to bail out G.M., Chrysler and other parts of the auto sector. Both subscribed firmly to the longstanding American principle that government should resolutely avoid these kinds of interventions, particularly in the industrial sector. Steven Rattner
government law evil
I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong. Steven Soderbergh
government people earth
Peace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less. Richard Cobden
government mass-destruction weapons
If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government. Tommy Franks
government uranium-mining trying
Encouraging underground uranium mining on the Colorado Plateau um, the federal government was the only purchaser of uranium ore to try to manufacture uh, atomic bombs. Tom Udall
government citizens healthcare
The future of healthcare security should include flexibility from the federal government to allow us to serve the state's most vulnerable citizens. Tom Vilsack
government secret world
If you want to change the world right now, it's not so much a secret how you do it. You put the secrets of a criminal government on the Internet. Tom Morello
government people majority
A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible. Tom Hayden
government differences personality
Ratings to me are a little like the Chinese Government. I don't fully understand what makes a rating go. I don't know what makes the American television audience respond to one person and not t another. There very seldom are great differences between many television personalities. Tom Brokaw
government doe
We must have government that spends less and does less. Tom Coburn
government careers people
The career politicians in Washington had transformed a government "for the people" into a government for themselves and for special interests. Tom Coburn
government unions privilege
I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life. Todd Akin
government branches roles
The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government. Todd Akin
government ideas essentials
It is an essential tenet of our whole representative form of government, the idea that there should not be some tyranny which makes it so nobody can even have a chance to vote. Todd Akin
government self people
The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history. Todd Akin
government self political
By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government. Todd Akin
government support looks
If you look at the purported dangers of salt or fat, there is no consensus of support in scientific literature. So I would ask first: 'Is it possible to have an informed government that actually follows the science?' From what I've seen, it's not likely. Tim Ferriss
government atheism finance
Government is contemptuous of true religion when it confiscates the taxes of Caesar to finance the things of God. Sam Ervin
government hands evil
When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people ... and ... becomes an instrument in the hands of evil rulers for their oppression ... it is a ... sacred obligation to their posterity to abolish such government, and create another in its stead. Sam Houston
government hands land
I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the states, - opposed to taking the power from the hands of the people, - opposed to special monopolies, - opposed to a protective tariff, - opposed to a latitudinal construction of the constitution, - opposed to slavery agitation and disunion. This is my democracy. Point to a single act of my public career not in keeping with these principles. Sam Houston
government tree printing
Many trees could be saved if the government stopped printing tax forms. Sam Ewing
government precedent
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure. Sallust
government people defense
You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't retreat because people are going to defend bad things. Russell Pearce
government law immigration
Arizona did not make illegal, illegal. It is a crime to enter or remain in the U.S. in violation of federal law. States have had inherent authority to enforce immigration laws when the federal government has failed or refused to do so. Russell Pearce
government people corporations
So Indian policy has become institutionalized and the result has been that American people have become more dependent on government and that the American people have become more dependent on corporations. Russell Means
government alcohol half
There is mounting concern worldwide over the consumption of alcohol. The U.S. government estimates that 10.6 million adults are alcoholics and that one family in four is troubled by alcohol. It is a factor in half of all the nation's traffic deaths. Russell M. Nelson
government people wealth
The economic welfare of all our people must ultimately stem not from government programs, but from the wealth created by a vigorous private sector. Ronald Reagan
government doe done
If you owe the bank $10,000 you have a problem. If you owe the bank $10,000,000 they have a problem. After all is said and done, more is said than done. Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Ronald Reagan
government democracy breaking-down
Unless bureaucracy is constantly resisted, it breaks down representative government and overwhelms democracy. Ronald Reagan
government citizens return
The same government that requires a taxpaying citizen to document every statement on his tax return decrees that questioning a welfare applicant demeans and humiliates him. Ronald Reagan
government years trying
Those who advocate more and more government regulation have been experimenting for 40 years, trying to create an economic system in which everyone can somehow be made more prosperous by the toil of someone else. Ronald Reagan