Quotes about govern
government too-much pressure
We have too much legislating by clamor, by tumult, by pressure. Representative government ceases when outside influence of any kind is substituted for the judgment of the representative. Calvin Coolidge
government substitutes enterprise
The government can supply no substitute for enterprise.
government people favors
One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
government people substance
A government which requires of the people the contribution of the bulk of their substance and rewards cannot be classed as a free government...
government finals unemployment
The final solution for unemployment is work.
government liberty rewards
Coincident with the right of individual property under the provisions of our Government is the right of individual property. . . . When once the right of the individual to liberty and equality is admitted, there is no escape from the conclusion that he alone is entitled to the rewards of his own industry. Any other conclusion would necessarily imply either privilege or servitude.
government civilization america
We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
government ideals
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
government-intervention people firsts
We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
government order liberty
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
government self liberty
No method of procedure has ever been devised by which liberty could be divorced from local self-government. No plan of centralization has ever been adopted which did not result in bureaucracy, tyranny, inflexibility, reaction, and decline.
government people citizens
If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government... The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
government progress cost
Our domestic problems are for the most part economic. We have our enormous debt to pay, and we are paying it. We have the high cost of government to diminish, and we are diminishing it. We have a heavy burden of taxation to reduce, and we are reducing it. But while remarkable progress has been made in these directions, the work is yet far from accomplished.
government space effort
Since Yuri Gagarin and Al Shepard's epoch flights in 1961, all space missions have been flown only under large, expensive government efforts. By contrast, our program involves a few, dedicated individuals who are focused entirely on making spaceflight affordable. Burt Rutan
government way pressure
In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures. Carroll Quigley
government self differences
The difference between a stable society and an unstable one is that the restraints in an unstable one are external. In a stable society government ultimately becomes unnecessary; the restraints on people's actions are internal, they're self-disciplined...
government years income
The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed. Alan Keyes
government giving liberty
Anything the government gives you is just another link in the chains that destroy your liberty.
government use pay
I charge my wealthy clients a lot and put 10 per cent in a fund which I use to pay the expenses of my poorer clients. When the government gangs up on the poor schnook in the street, someone has to stand up for him. Alan Dershowitz
government neutrality internet
Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged. Al Franken
government knowing america
The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy. But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we're getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.
government use littles
Local and state governments have outrun the federal government. The EPA has served notice that it will enact a rule requiring CO2 reductions by major emitters in the absence of major legislation. But it's a blunt instrument that is a little more difficult to use than a legislative remedy. Al Gore
government law president
A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.
government long people
As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people.
government ice sea
The climate crisis is the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. From not only the warming of the earth with higher global temperatures, but also from strengthening storms and expanding droughts to melting ice and rising seas, the costs of carbon pollution are already being felt by governments, corporations, taxpayers and families around the world. The climate crisis will affect everything that we love and alter the course of our future. Now, more than ever, we must come together to solve this global crisis. We must act decisively, rise to the occasion and solve this monumental challenge.
government being-thankful pay
One of the things we have to be thankful for is that we don't get as much government as we pay for. Charles Kettering
government would-be answers
Yes is the answer to that question. I've enjoyed being in government... if it would be useful for me to serve I would like to do that. [saying he would like to work for Gordon Brown despite his previous opinions of him!] Charles Clarke
government self tyrants
People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue, a society can be ruled only by fear, a truth that tyrants understand all too well Charles Colson
government intrinsic-value human-life
A government cannot be truly just without affirming the intrinsic value of human life.
government poor south-africa
The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. Charlayne Hunter-Gault
government political democracy
Jeffersonian Democracy simply meant the possession of the federal government by the agrarian masses led by an aristocracy of slave-owning masses. Charles A. Beard
government design nuclear
The committee discloses that even after the U.S. government learned of the diversion of U.S. designs for nuclear warheads in late 1995, the Clinton Administration failed to take steps immediately to improve security. Charles Bass
government design nuclear
The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995.