Quotes about govern
government politics problem
Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. Ronald Reagan
government political voting
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
government people debt
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much. Ronald Reagan
government games hell
Free enterprise is a rough and competitive game. It is a hell of a lot better than a government monopoly. Ronald Reagan
government people wealth
Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth. Ronald Reagan
government answers doe
The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Ronald Reagan
government fruit doe
Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend? Ronald Reagan
government doe littles
Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, 'What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power.' But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector. Ronald Reagan
government guy voting
You can't be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy. Ronald Reagan
government development proud
I'm proud of having been one of the first to recognize that states and the federal government have a duty to protect our natural resources from the damaging effects of pollution that can accompany industrial development. Ronald Reagan
government political liberty
As government expands, liberty contracts. Ronald Reagan
government
Either you will control your government, or government will control you. Ronald Reagan
government land rights
My belief has always been... that wherever in this land any individual's constitutional rights are being unjustly denied, it is the obligation of the federal government-at point of bayonet if necessary-to restore that individual's constitutional rights Ronald Reagan
government liberty libertarian
Government is not the solution, but rather the cause of our problems. Ronald Reagan
government people should
. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves. Ronald Reagan
government liberty individual
Individual liberty depends upon keeping government under control. Ronald Reagan
government world recognition
Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer. Ronald Reagan
government welfare function
I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it. Ronald Reagan
government self competition
Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business, frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise. They are the residue of centralized bureaucracy, of government by a self-anointed elite. Ronald Reagan
government royal titles
Royal titles ceased to be recognised by the Indian government in 1971. The title of Nawab and Maharaja are not recognised by the Indian government anymore. Saif Ali Khan
government justice mind
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. -Ronald Reagan In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? Saint Augustine
government democracy guarantees
Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government. Ulrich Beck
government church taxation
So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same, will not be looked upon acquiescently by those who have to pay the taxes. . . . I would suggest the taxation of all property equally. Ulysses S. Grant
government people generations
It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for all who are to come after them, and under unforeseen contingencies. Ulysses S. Grant
government progress theory
The theory of government changes with general progress. Ulysses S. Grant
government community information
With over 1 billion users and counting worldwide, the Internet has quickly become a critical place for individuals, business communities and governments to share and distribute information. Robin Hayes
government desire way
That is the trick of good government. To make folk desire to live in such a way that there is no need for its intervention. Robin Hobb
government faces royalty
Royalty puts a human face on the operations of government. Robert Runcie
government media opposites
If ever there was an area in which to do the exact opposite of that which government and the media urge you to do, that area is the purchasing of gold. Robert Ringer
government games people
One of the things I tell my students is that if you want to understand what's been going on and also what needs to be done, you've got to get out of the blame game. Some people on the left want to blame the rich and corporations. Some people on the right want to blame the poor and government. Either of those frames of reference gets you nowhere and they aren't even truthful. You've got to understand the dynamic itself. Robert Reich
government people bedroom
It's not government's business what people do in their private bedrooms. Robert Reich
government america house
And now we're suffering the logical culmination of all this: the largest group of government-hati ng, racist, homophobic, misogynistic know-nothing, climate-change denying, evolution-denyi ng, science-denying , anti-immigrant House Republicans in history, bent on taking America back to the 19th century. Robert Reich
government secret
It is up to the government to keep the government's secrets. Robert Novak