Famous Quotes & Sayings

Arthur Goldberg

If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.

Arthur C. Clarke

SETI is probably the most important quest of our time , and it amazes me that governments and corporations are not supporting it sufficiently.

Anton Chekhov

The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can't return even if it wants to.

Bella Abzug

In Britain the government has to come down in front of Parliament every day to explain its actions, but here the President never answers directly to Congress.

Ban Ki-moon

One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.

Ban Ki-moon

We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government.

Aung San Suu Kyi

The [Burmese] government appears to be more interested in stamping out political activity than drug addiction. Very few university students on the campus could get away with engaging in political activities, but they seem to be able to get away with taking drugs. We have heard that it is very easy to obtain drugs on the university campuses.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions and doctrines as a challenge to combat.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Despotic governments do not recognize the precious human component of the state, seeing its citizens only as a faceless, mindless -- and helpless -- mass to be manipulated at will. It is as though people were incidental to a nation rather than its very life-blood.

Aung San Suu Kyi

People should be concerned about installing a more sensible, responsible government. What we [the burmese] need is a government that is accountable and transparent, so that the people know what it is doing and can judge for themselves whether or not they like what is being done.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.

Arundhati Roy

Imagine what would happen if the government were to take the wealth of 200,000 of India's richest people and redistribute it amongst 2 million of India's poorest? We would hear a lot about socialist appropriation and the death of democracy. Why should taking from the rich be called appropriation and taking from the poor be called development?

Bobby Seale

We were not talking about the average white person: we was talking about the corporate money rich and the racist jive politicians and the lackeys, as we used to call them, for the government who perpetuate all this exploitation and racism.

Bob Ehrlich

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.

Bob Dole

All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.

Bob Dole

A government that seizes control of the economy for the good of the people, ends up seizing control of the people for the good of the economy

Bob Dole

When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government.

Billy Crystal

When I've gotten criticism, it's that it's too long, too soft, didn't hit the government hard enough. Then when I do hit the government, they go, What's he doing hitting the government?

Boris Yeltsin

A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.

Bobby Fischer

I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.

Brigham Young

I arose and spoke substantially as follows: ... I love the government and the constitution of the United States, but I do not love the damned rascals who administer the government.

Brigham Young

Every organization of our government, the best government in the world, is crumbling to pieces. Those who have it in their hands are the ones who are destroying it. How long will it be before the words of the prophet Joseph will be fulfilled? He said if the Constitution of the United States were saved at all it must be done by this people. It will not be many years before these words come to pass.

Brian Ross

There are so many angles to follow up: government incompetence, sophisticated charity scams, how insurance companies treat victims, construction of the levees, who will start ripping off the billions of dollars available in new contracts. Every single one of these stories is going to be a big one.

Brian Mulroney

We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it the priority and we sustained it with the money required to make it happen.

Brian Mulroney

There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government.

Bonnie Raitt

In 1967 I entered Harvard as a freshman, confident - in the way that only 17-year-olds are - that I could change the world. My major was African Studies, and my plan was to travel to Tanzania, where President Julius Nyerere was creating a government based on democracy and socialism.

Barry Goldwater

And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse - the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist.

Barry Goldwater

Government should stay the hell out of people's business.

Barry Goldwater

I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.

Barry Goldwater

The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.

Barry Goldwater

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

Barbara Boxer

Our message will be that we're going to make federal government buildings a model - an energy-efficient model - and also start matching grants for cities and counties so that they can also do the same with their government buildings.