Famous Quotes & Sayings

Just as most people would be upset if the government wanted to know how much you called your mother and what you talked about, they should be upset about this, too.

Bill Vaughan

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

Bill Vaughan

I've still got a lot to learn about Washington. Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.

Bertrand Russell

The Mormons had a divine revelation in favour of polygamy, but under pressure from the United States Government they discovered that the revelation was not binding.

Bertrand Russell

Religion may in most of its forms be defined as the belief that the gods are on the side of the government.

Bertrand Russell

Nine-tenths of the activities of a modern Government are harmful; therefore the worse they are performed, the better.

Bertrand Russell

Education, and the life of the mind generally, is a matter in which individual initiative is the chief thing needed; the function of the state should begin and end with insistence on some kind of education, and, if possible, a kind which promotes mental individualism, not a kind which happens to conform to the prejudices of government officials.

Bertrand Russell

If the Church is not now as bad as the Soviet Government, that is due to the influence of those who attacked the Church

Bertrand Russell

In our complex world, there cannot be fruitful initiative without government, but unfortunately there can be government without initiative.

Bertrand Russell

When the state intervenes to insure the indoctrination of some doctrine, it does so because there is no conclusive evidence in favor of that doctrine.

Chuck Schumer

The 2014 election was not a repudiation of government in general.

The 'A-' rating on the proposed notes reflects the direct, irrevocable, and unconditional guarantee by the government of Malaysia.

The announcement by the governor is two weeks late.

Megan Smith

The American government will be whatever we all make of it.

That?s the kind of governor I would be.

John Prescott

That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer.

It governs their lives. They worry about how long they'll be out.

Jimmy Johnson

I think this offense has got a governor on it. It's called Joey Harrington.

It is obvious that the government is on the retreat so we have to keep pushing to the end. Today is already a great success because the turn-out is as big as last week's.

Sharron Angle

I think that's what activates the Tea Party Movement. What they see is the government interfering with their lives and with the inheritance of their children. Are we going to pass down liberty or deficits? And that's really what this movement is about.

James Bovard

It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing.

It is kind of unique, when the government argues the defendant is telling the truth.

It is hard to see how the government can maintain its veto on nuclear new build.

Ann Wright

It is important to stand up and say the government is wrong,

Laws are rules, made by people who govern by means of organized violence, for non-compliance with which the non-complier is subjected to blows, to loss of liberty, or even to being murdered.

Laws and regulations are supposed to restrict the kind of surveillance governments do. In fact, the U.S. government is quite restricted in what kind of surveillance they can do on U.S. citizens. The problem is that 96 percent of the planet is not U.S. citizens.

Lawmakers have been talking for years about the need for greater consolidation and coordination between local units of government, and this measure will help get state government out of the way of that goal.

Gore Vidal

Like the TV networks, once our government has a hit, it will be repeated over and over again.

I was told in a hushed tone that the government doesn't want me to see this place because old people are dying.

Shirin Neshat

I think of myself, an Iranian/American artist, and wonder what would I want if I'm ever imprisoned by the Iranian government for the work that I make? I answer: I would hope that the United States government comes to my rescue.

Jim Gibbons

It does not relieve the government of its liability,

It doesn't matter who his running mate is, he is the one running for governor and he is the one who would wield the veto pen in office.

Craig Stevens

It doesn't matter that the government opens the strategic reserves because there is very little slack in the refining business,