Famous Quotes & Sayings

Matthew Arnold

The governing idea of Hellenism is spontaneity of consciousness; that of Hebraism, strictness of conscience.

Andrew Lansley

You don't come into government thinking it is going to be easy.

Arlen Specter

People in government and public life are being kicked around at a high rate of speed.

Adam McKay

Governor Palin leans far closer to 'spokesperson' than representative of the people.

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.

Yes, the government is waking up to the threat now, but that does not mean it has any strategic plan.

While we are disappointed we did not make the June ballot, everyone knew it would be very difficult. The governor has always said what is important is not June or November but that he and the Legislature work to rebuild California.

While the terrorists are learning and adapting, our government is still moving at a crawl.

While the government might take measures the public wishes it to take ... there will be some who will not be sacrificed and that will be a source of anger.

Michael Franti

To sit back and say, 'Oh, we're going to let the government do whatever they want, right or wrong,' is giving up.

We already noticed that some senior U.S. government officials have made irresponsible remarks,

The order does get the government what it probably needed, not what it wanted.

We will be going home when the government sends troops or the National Guard to secure the border. Until then, the patrols will continue.

We will be contacting local government and the Red Cross. I really don't know how soon.

We can't only be tied to Quebec's demands, but at the same time we take seriously the recommendations of the Quebec government because it's a major player,

J. D. Salinger

We don't want to get the Russians involved, but unless the U.S. government cooperates, we may have to.

Chelsea Clinton

When I was born, my father was governor of Arkansas.

Kurt Vonnegut

The right of the people to peacefully assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances is now worth a pitcher of warm spit. That's because TV will not come and treat it respectfully. Television is really something.

Kurt Vonnegut

The government satirizes itself. All we can wish is that there will be a large number of Americans who will realize how dumb this all is, and how greedy and how vicious. Such an audience is dwindling all the time because of TV.

Vandana Shiva

To create the protection for the corporations, government is actually growing bigger than ever before, in every part of the world. Yet it’s growing extremely thin as a protector of people.

Vandana Shiva

We have reached a stage where governments and political processes have been hijacked by the corporate world. Corporations can within five hours influence the vote in the U.S. Congress. They can influence the entire voting patterns of the Indian Parliament. Ordinary people who put governments in power might want to go in a different direction. I call this the phenomenon of the inverted state, where the state is no longer accountable to the people. The state only serves the interests of corporations.

Vandana Shiva

It is often too late by the time the government reacts.

This suggests the government saw more real growth and less inflation in the quarter.

We keep our government informed. The next step is for the EC to respond.

We thought it was an important issue and so did the governor as well.

We're not ready to lose. The governor has reached out to the other side.

We're not in negotiations with the State of Texas at this time. We have been contacted by the state government a while back. We've been contacted by various state governments over the past several months. We're only considering the state of Mississippi.

we think the governor might be spending money that he doesn't have.

Stephen Harper

Why is the government not suing the Liberal party to recover the money that was lost or stolen?

James Langevin

To me, that's the role of government: not to give people a hand out, but a hand up... giving people the tools to pave their own way to success.

Woodrow Wilson

Too much law was too much government; and too much government was too little individual privilege,- as too much individual privilege in its turn was selfish license

Hillary Clinton

If you can't compete fairly, honestly, effectively, no government should intervene. Now, some governments do. They prop up failing industries.

Frank Rich

My particular historical vantage point is a product of my upbringing as that odd duck, a native Washingtonian whose parents were not in government. The first presidential transition of my sentient lifetime, Kennedy's, I remember vividly.