Quotes about govern
government america track
People know something has gone terribly wrong with our government and it has gotten so far off track. But people also know that there is nothing wrong in America that a good old-fashioned election can't fix. Sarah Palin
government political quality
The government of the United States, under Lyndon Johnson, proposes to concern itself over the quality of American life. And this is something very new in the political theory of free nations. The quality of life has heretofore depended on the quality of the human beings who gave tone to that life, and they were its priests and its poets, not its bureaucrats. William F. Buckley, Jr.
government proportion can-do
Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you. William F. Buckley, Jr.
government burning following
...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive. William F. Buckley, Jr.
government people wish
People are beginning to wish that the voters had been given breathometer tests when they voted in the present government. William F. Buckley, Jr.
government causes monopoly
Only government can cause inflation, preserve monopoly, and punish enterprise. William F. Buckley, Jr.
government boston people
I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University. William F. Buckley, Jr.
government understanding tasks
I would like the government to do all it can to mitigate, then, in understanding, in mutuality of interest, in concern for the common good, our tasks will be solved. Warren G
government
Less government in business and more business in government. Warren G. Harding
government citizens needs
We need citizens who are less concerned about what their government can do for them, and more concerned about what they can do for the nation. Warren G. Harding
government onions layers
Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer. Warren G. Bennis
government income gone
...100% of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal Debt...all individual income tax revenues are gone before one nickel is spent on the services taxpayers expect from government. Ronald Reagan
government nuts political
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be political. Ronald Reagan
government remember-you remembers-you
It's hard, when you're up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp. Ronald Reagan
government desire libertarian
The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom. Ronald Reagan
government doe function
Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector. Ronald Reagan
government practice earth
It is the tendency of Government to grow, for practices and programs to become the nearest thing to eternal life we'll see on this earth. Ronald Reagan
government order law
When the Commander-in-Chief of a nation finds it necessary to order employees of the government or agencies of the government to do things that would technically break the law, he has to be able to declare it legal for them to do that. Ronald Reagan
government size problem
Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is not the size of the deficit, it's the size of government's claim on our economy. Ronald Reagan
government sailor would-be
We could say they government spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending their own money. Ronald Reagan
government littles too-much
When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much. Ronald Reagan
government lasts program
Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program. Ronald Reagan
government car people
Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: 'We the people.' 'We the people' tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us. 'We the people' are the driver, the government is the car. And we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. Almost all the world's constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which 'We the people' tell the government what it is allowed to do. 'We the people' are free. Ronald Reagan
government desire helping
Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us. Ronald Reagan
government giving stealing
Government Steals from the needy and gives to the greedy Ronald Reagan
government people presidential
We the people tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us. Ronald Reagan
government presidential lasts
If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last. Ronald Reagan
government presidential special
We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth. Ronald Reagan
government presidential decision
Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process. Ronald Reagan
government people presidential
Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. Ronald Reagan
government libertarian size
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Ronald Reagan
government federal-government states
The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government. Ronald Reagan
government size social
The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern. Ronald Reagan