Quotes about govern
government together geek
Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control. Barton Gellman
government people protection
A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
government accomplishment world
Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government. Eliot Spitzer
government errors challenges
Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs.
government goal environmental
The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented. Dixie Lee Ray
government private-sector can-do
Anything that the private sector can do, the government can do it worse.
government community needs
Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners. Dirk Kempthorne
government loyalty
Loyalty is to the government. I take this so seriously. Linda Tripp
government itself left situation
left to the Kuwaiti government itself and its estimation about the situation in Iraq. Hoshyar Zebari
governor major present research several support
Several major research institutions were present with the governor to show their support of the new program.
government public restoring trust
She's restoring the public trust in government leadership. Laura Bush
government way firsts
There is a First Amendment right to speak in a encrypted way.... The right to speak P.G.P. is like the right to speak Navajo. The Government has no particular right to prevent you from speaking in a technical manner even if it is inconvenient for them to understand. Eben Moglen
government iraq new-orleans
We have an excellent list of speakers, but the spark will be provided by the crowd to turn talk into action. The Iraq occupation and the government's bumbling effort in New Orleans, has people wanting to act.
government matter vote
It doesn't matter who you vote for, the government always gets in. Elizabeth May
government branches interpretation
Constitutional interpretation is not the business of the Court only, but also properly the business of all branches of government. Edwin Meese
government law land
A Supreme Court decision does not establish a "supreme law of the land" that is binding on all persons and parts of government, henceforth and forevermore.
government people demand
The demand of our people in 1980 is not for smaller government or bigger government but for better government. Edward Kennedy
government people belief
The Obama presidency, and liberalism in general, are based on not trusting the American people - a belief that big government is better for people. Bobby Jindal
government rivers swim
In rivers and bad governments the lightest things swim at top. Benjamin Franklin
government able immigration
Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in my Opinion be able to preserve our Language, and even our Government will become precarious.
government people servant
In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people are their superiors and sovereigns.
government libertarian-party people
It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
government enemy politics
I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power.
government years people
This [the U.S. Constitution] is likely to be administered for a course of years and then end in despotism... when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.
government needs world
Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest we do more harm than good.
government people liberty
Governments having failed the people, the people are entirely justified in assuming for themselves and essential role in government. Where a government takes proper measures to protect the people under its care, such a proceeding might have been thought both unnecessary and unjustifiable: But here it is quite the Reverse.
government editors people
It's very hard to stand up to the government which is saying that publication will threaten national security. People don't seem to realize that reporters and editors know something about national security and care deeply about it. Ben Bradlee
government effort trying
Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other government programs, especially those that are wasteful, duplicative and ineffective. Ben Bernanke
government decision faces
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. Barbara Tuchman
government menace
Confronted by menace, or what is perceived as menace, governments will usually attempt to smash it, rarely to examine it, understand it, define it.
government pursuit periods
A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.
government faces easier
Governments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate.
government long childhood
Policy is formed by preconceptions, by long implanted biases. When information is relayed to policy-makers, they respond in terms of what is already inside their heads and consequently make policy less to fit the facts than to fit the notions and intentions formed out of the mental baggage that has accumulated in their minds since childhood.