Quotes about govern
government doors car
If we fixed a hangnail the way our government fixes the economy, we'd slam a car door on it. Cullen Hightower
government political liberty
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it. Cullen Hightower
government needs chance
We need to keep this Labour government, it has a good chance of another term. Clare Short
government earth resistance
Every government on earth is the personification of violence and force, and yet the doctine of non-resistance is as old as human thought - even more than this, the instinct is as old as life upon the earth. Clarence Darrow
government usa iraq
An American-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein - and the replacement of the radical Baathist dictatorship with a new government more closely aligned with the United States would put America more wholly in charge of the region than any power since the Ottomans, or maybe even the Romans. David Frum
government years issues
I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment. David Frum
government self order
The Great Society went wrong for three major reasons. First, the self-organization the Johnson administration promoted turned out to be not the pooling of family and community resources into shops and businesses, but political pressure for government handouts. Second, the Great Society failed to anticipate the perverse side-effects of handing money out to people who have done nothing to earn it. Third, while the Great Society was showering money on the poor, the Supreme Court was with childlike glee smashing to bits traditional methods of maintaining law and order. David Frum
government victim competing
If right and left are competing to be the biggest victim, who is competing to be the government? David Frum
government television monopoly
Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant. David Attenborough
government people support
The actions of my government are not bearable. They devastate our natural resources and deprive our people. The politicians speak piously while practicing greed and divisiveness; they care nothing for the nation. I want to do more than withdraw my support. I want to tar and feather them. Donella Meadows
government economic form
Any nations right to a form of government and economic system of its own choosing is inalienable. Any nations attempt to dictate to other nations their form of government is indefensible. Dwight D. Eisenhower
government political citizens
It is my personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or any other form of dictatorship than acknowledge the political domination of another government, even though that brought to each citizen a far higher standard of living. Dwight D. Eisenhower
government goes-on helping
Help the Cubans to the utmost counseling his successor while handing over the reins. We cannot let Castro's government go on. Dwight D. Eisenhower
government people conservative
In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with the people's money or their economy or their form of government, be conservative. Dwight D. Eisenhower
government want following-your-own-path
If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They'll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over their heads. But if an American wants to preserve his dignity and his equality as a human being, he must not bow his neck to any dictatorial government. Dwight D. Eisenhower
government doors people
The Government have consistently made it clear that the mechanism in the United Kingdom whereby the European draft constitutional treaty could be implemented is approval by the House of Commons followed by a referendum of the people of Britain. There is no question of implementing it by the back door. Douglas Alexander
government drug said
If I say f*** the government, some will clap because they agree and some will clap just because you said f***. I've had countless audience members offer me free drugs but I also got free hernia surgery. Doug Stanhope
government delivering complexes
The government is fully capable of delivering services. Even complex services. Donna Shalala
government different asking
Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life. Donna Shalala
government environmental friendly
As President Bush has said on numerous occasions, it is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital. Donald Evans
government cost collaboration
Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection. Don Tapscott
government giving benefits
Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits. Dale Dauten
government years one-day
Every good citizen should be willing to devote a brief time during some one day in the year, when necessary, to the making up of a listing of his income for taxes to contribute to his Government, not the scriptural tithe, but a small percentage of his net profits. Cordell Hull
government iraq goal
It is the US government's desire for the Iraqi people to lead themselves, not for any outside power to be the leadership for Iraq in the future. There may be some transition period where the international community would have to help the Iraqi people put in place a representative government. But that is the goal, not for the United States, or any other nation, for that matter, who might be in such a coalition, if one is formed, to serve as the leader of the Iraqi nation. Colin Powell
government mind advertising-business
The hired journalist, I thought, ought to realize that he is partly in the entertainment business and partly in the advertising business - advertising either goods, or a cause, or a government. He just has to make up his mind whom he wants to entertain, and what he wants to advertise. Claud Cockburn
government doubt care
I have no doubt that the nation has suffered more from undue secrecy than from undue disclosure. The government takes good care of itself. Daniel Schorr
government long islam
In the long term, the United States could greatly benefit Islam by uniquely freeing the religion from government constraints and permitting it to evolve in a positive, modern direction. But that's the long term. Daniel Pipes
government long foreign-policy
No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy. Damian Lewis
government bridges america
I hope and understand that people are getting a better recognition that food stamps is a program that really helps America, helps families in need. It's not a government handout. If anything, it's a safety net that helps people through difficult times and bridges them towards stability. Cory Booker
government earth management
I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management. E. B. White
government may economy
The failure of Lehman may have allowed the government to do more to prop up the economy than it otherwise could. Andrew Ross Sorkin
government needs not-afraid
I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know. Ann Richards
government fairs
Life isn't fair, but government must be, Ann Richards