Quotes about govern
government ideas balance
What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance. Barbara Jordan
government shaping-the-future willing
A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
government impact justice
The Commission agrees that the federal government should help alleviate these costs. The best way to do so is to reduce illegal immigration.... We recommend immediate reimbursement of criminal justice costs, because these conditions can now be met, but we urge further study of the costs of health care and education before impact aid is provided.
government way treats
I personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts. Barbara Kingsolver
government loyal forums
We must be loyal to the forum of our government. Bainbridge Colby
government lebanon able
As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland. Bashar al-Assad
government freedom-of-speech sound
The more a government strives to curtail freedom of speech, the more obstinately is it resisted ; not indeed by the avaricious, ... but by those whom good education, sound morality, and virtue have rendered more free. Baruch Spinoza
government opinion crime
The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
government drug arms
If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government. Barbara Mertz
government liberty destroying
...When the government goes into the business of destroying trust, it goes into the business of destroying itself. Arthur Miller
government political knows
Who knows? Maybe my life belongs to God. Maybe it belongs to me. But I do know one thing: I'm damned if it belongs to the government. Art Hoppe
government levels climate
Combating climate change requires collaboration with many levels of government. Arnold Schwarzenegger
government use monopoly
Government holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force. Ayn Rand
government ifs controlled
If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
government evil abuse
All the evils, abuses, and iniquities, popularly ascribed to businessmen and to capitalism, were not caused by an unregulated economy or by a free market, but by government intervention into the economy.
government indian indians laws
First, take the government of the Indians out of politics; second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites; third, give the Indian the ballot. George Crook
government happen hope iranian march movement side
We hope very much from the Iranian side some movement will take place before that date. If nothing happens, the Iranian government should know what may happen on March 6. Javier Solana
governor perry state texas yesterday
Yesterday Governor Perry declared Texas a state of disaster. J. C. Watts
government meeting might officials people understanding union
We have people who, right now, are meeting with people in the government and union officials to try to get a better understanding of how long this thing might last.
govern ground meet people stripped worldly
We have people who have been stripped of not only their worldly possessions, but their dignity, ... Those of us here govern at ground zero. Everyone couldn't make it into the Astrodome, we had to meet the people where they are.
government liberty form
All forms of government are pernicious, including good government. Edward Abbey
government self support
A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon.
government people violence
Terrorism: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by government against its own people.
government enemy
All governments require enemy governments.
government political purpose
The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change. By political methods when unavoidable, by violence when convenient.
government liberty roles
Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.
government clerks demand
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.
government enemy needs
All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?
government broken people
Representative government has broken down. Our politicians represent not the people who vote for them but the commercial interests who finance their election campaigns. We have the best politicians that money can buy.
government subjects
That rule is the better which is exercised over better subjects. Aristotle
government democracy form
Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.
government political noble
A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange. . . .Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not mere companionship.
government tyrants justice
Governments which have a regard to the common interest are constituted in accordance with strict principles of justice, and are therefore true forms; but those which regard only the interest of the rulers are all defective and perverted forms, for they are despotic, whereas a state is a community of freemen.