Quotes about govern
government names doctors
We see it in attempts on Capitol Hill to impose gag rules on rules on doctors on what they can say to their patients about family planning. And we certainly see it now with an effort by the government to tap our phones; invade our medical records, credit information, library records and the most sensitive personal information in the name of national security. Dick Durbin
government dimes millions
I am supposed to owe the government something like $100 million. I couldn't squeeze out a dime. Dennis Kozlowski
government justice purpose
He (George W. Bush) is going in the wrong way. And I dare say, that is what the strategy of his administration is, is just to wipe out government's purpose for any social and economic justice at all. Dennis Kucinich
government ukraine people
What I'd do is not have USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy working with U.S. taxpayers' money to knock off an elected government in Ukraine, which is what they did. I wouldn't try to force the people of Ukraine into a deal with NATO against their interest or into a deal with the European Union, which is against their economic interest. Dennis Kucinich
government people drug
The government could take away all the drugs in the world and people would spin around on their lawns until they fell down and saw God. Dennis Miller
government chinese journalist
I have had no contact with the Chinese government. I only work with journalists. Edward Snowden
government sphere-of-influence spheres
We have seen enough criminality on the part of government. It is hypocritical to make this allegation against me. They have narrowed the public sphere of influence. Edward Snowden
government nsa names
The public needs to know the kinds of things a government does in its name, or the 'consent of the governed' is meaningless... The consent of the governed is not consent if it is not informed. Edward Snowden
government people granted
The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude to go further than they are allowed to. Edward Snowden
government long volunteer
I told the government I'd volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose, Edward Snowden
government ifs
If I defected at all, I defected from the government to the public Edward Snowden
government nsa office
There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency. Edward Snowden
government people intimidating
Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest. Edward Snowden
government able truth-is
The US government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. Edward Snowden
government whistleblowers administration
In the end the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned, or powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. Edward Snowden
government nsa people
I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building. Edward Snowden
government whistleblowers should
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. Edward Snowden
government giving want
The question is not whether we want to keep this open, neutral Internet - we do, or should - but whether government rulemaking can give us the result we want. Edward Felten
government rome history
But the sages of Greece and Rome turned aside from the awful spectacle, and, pursuing the ordinary occupations of life and study, appeared unconscious of any alterations in the moral of physical government of the world. Edward Gibbon
government history british-monarchy
Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule. Edward Gibbon
government people long
By adoption of these principles, the long-felt want for a uniform medium will be satisfied. The taxpayers will be saved immense sums of interest, discounts, and exchanges. The financing of all public enterprises, the maintenance of stable government and ordered progress, and the conduct of the Treasury will become matters of practical administration. The people can and will be furnished with a currency as safe as their own government. Abraham Lincoln
government people debt
No duty is more imperative for the government than the duty it ;owes the people to furnish them with a sound and uniform currency, an of regulating the circulation of the medium of exchange so that labor will be protected from a vicious currency [private bank-created, interest-bearing debt], and commerce will be facilitated by cheap and safe exchanges. Abraham Lincoln
government people can-do
In all that people can do for themselves, government ought not to interfere. Abraham Lincoln
government might election
We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us. Abraham Lincoln
government self voice
The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes for himself. Allow ALL the governed an equal voice in the government, and that, and that only, is self-government. Abraham Lincoln
government people democracy
Democracy is "government of, by and for the people". Abraham Lincoln
governor job people
There are too many people who aren't able to find work. For the governor of this state, that's Job One. Dick DeVos
government people
People like getting what they think is free stuff from government. John Stossel
government hire programmer programs secure simply surely systems terrorists
The government does things like insisting that all encryption programs should have a back door. But surely no one is stupid enough to think the terrorists are going to use encryption systems with a back door. The terrorists will simply hire a programmer to come up with a secure encryption scheme. Kevin Mitnick
governor school
I became involved in a residential school for the blind in Raleigh - the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in Raleigh. Ronnie Milsap
government ticket
Can we understand - just for the record, we do need the government for a lot of big ticket items. Rob Lowe
government political firsts
Religion, which never intervenes directly in the government of American society, should therefore be considered as the first of their political institutions Alexis de Tocqueville
government reform moments
The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform. Alexis de Tocqueville