Quotes about govern
government association france
At the head of any new undertaking where in France you would find the government, or in England some great lord, in the United States you are sure to find an association. Alexis de Tocqueville
government circles ideas
The more government takes the place of associations, the more will individuals lose the idea of forming associations and need the government to come to their help. That is a vicious circle of cause and effect.
government critical-moments firsts
The regime which is destroyed by a revolution is almost always an improvement on its immediate predecessor, and experience teaches that the most critical moment for bad governments is the one which witnesses their first steps toward reform.
government world united-states
What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself.
government liberty inquiry
Every central government worships uniformity: uniformity relieves it from inquiry into an infinity of details.
government political taxation
A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
government intention japanese whatsoever
It was not my intention whatsoever for the Japanese government to try to get me out of trouble. And I really appreciate the Japanese government for all they have done for me.
government greek
The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people. Robert W. Welch, Jr.
government interest member neither nor sought statesmen themselves
Neither these statesmen nor their constituents sought in any way to use the Government for the interest of themselves or their section, or for the injury of a single member of the Confederacy. Robert Toombs
government mistrust ways
The mistrust of government that blossomed in the late '60s has become a chronic and in some ways pathological condition. Kurt Andersen
government people shut
Make no mistake about it, my friends - Republicans, the American people are never going to forget that it was you who shut down the government of the people. David Scott
governor
Luckily, I'm a governor -- so I get to tell you what I've already done not just what I'm going to do. Howard Dean
government learned lessons people response
People want to see what lessons the government learned and the response that is going to be made,
government oriented people
People want results. I call it 'results oriented conservatism,' R.O.C. because that's what people want out of government. Bob McDonnell
government office please
Please tell your government and everyone in your office to go f*** themselves. Henry Rollins
government great relations second standing visit
My second visit now is to your great country. We have long standing relations with your country, with your government and with your people.
governor nominee tennessee
On the political side, I was the Democratic nominee for the Governor of Tennessee in 1970 and 1998. John Jay Hooker
government lack oversight
One of the focuses of the investigation will be the lack of regulatory oversight of government employees. Robert Hall
government interests represent student surprised
I was surprised (it failed). I thought Student Government was there to represent the interests of the students, but that didn't happen.
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 cost shapes
All public projects are mausoleums, not always in shapes, but always in cost.
government liberty special
Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of competitors into a given field, by legislative action.
government organization political
No individual or private group or private organization has the legal power to initiate the use of physical force against other individuals or groups and to compel them to act against their own voluntary choice. Only a government holds that power. The nature of governmental action is: coercive action. The nature of political power is: the power to force obedience under threat of physical injury-the threat of property expropriation, imprisonment, or death.
government giving guarantees
If you surrender everything to the government and give it total power to plan the whole economy, this will not guarantee your economic security, but it will guarantee the descent of the entire nation to a level of miserable poverty--as the practical results of every totalitarian economy, communist or fascist, have demonstrated.