Quotes about govern
government two reform
I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact. Darrell Issa
government decision good-decision
I leave it up to the government to make good decisions for Americans. Danica Patrick
government law doe
The United States government does not authorise or condone torture of detainees. Torture, and conspiracy to commit torture, are crimes under US law, wherever they may occur in the world. Condoleezza Rice
government iraq decision
I am proud of the decision of this Administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein. I am proud of the liberation of 25 million Iraqis. And I'm proud to see an Iraq that is now emerging with a stronger government, a truly multiethnic, multi-sectarian government that's about to have its second set of elections, that's inviting private investment into Iraq, and that is making peace with its Arab neighbors.
government united-states doe
The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists. Cofer Black
government politics congress
If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers. Clarence Thomas
government humanity gay-marriage
The Constitution contains no 'dignity' Clause, and even if it did, the government would be incapable of bestowing dignity. ... Slaves did not lose their dignity (any more than they lost their humanity) because the government allowed them to be enslaved. Those held in internment camps did not lose their dignity because the government confined them. And those denied governmental benefits certainly do not lose their dignity because the government denies them those benefits.
government average people
Very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person sees, hears and reads than most people know. Dan Rather
government chairs rocking-chairs
My life isn't over and I'm not going to sit in a rocking chair and take money from the government. Colonel Sanders
government earth anarchy
Where you have no religion, you are sure to have no government, for as religion disappears, anarchy takes place and fixes a compleat Hell on earth till religion returns. Daniel Morgan
government-intervention boomerang ends
We know that government intervention in the free market, and Argentine history has shown this, absolutely ends in a boomerang.
government may gallery
The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding Daniel Libeskind
government years eight
A responsible government does not triple the national debt in eight years. Daniel Patrick Moynihan
government too-much constitution
The American Constitution was designed to make it hard to have too much government.
government done today
In too many cases, if our Government had set out determined to destroy the family, it couldn't have done greater damage than some of what we see today.
government inner-peace energy
Government cannot provide values to persons who have none, or who have lost those they had. It cannot provide inner peace. It can provide outlets for moral energies, but it cannot create those energies.
government important groups
I'm a Democrat, and there are an important group of things only the government can do. But let us be clear that for most of the world, what they most need is less government.
government liberty libertarian
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.
government people patriotism
No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people. Cornelius Nepos
government safe goodwill
No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.
government egypt way
You're going to end up with a government in Egypt that is concerned about the precious Palestinians, the same way we ought to be concerned about both precious Palestinians and precious Jews. Cornel West
government white tools
For most of the history of the American empire, government has been a tool for preserving and furthering the power and might of white male corporate elites ...
government tick bloodsuckers
There ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all. Davy Crockett
government three fool
[The General Staff] maintained three sets of casualty figures, one to fool the public, one to fool the Government and one to fool themselves. David Lloyd George
government people theatre
I don't see the theater as an establishment. The National Theatre has always seemed to me a people's theater. It was never meant to reinforce the values of the government of the day, nor does it, nor should it. David Hare
government tvs stories
You cant get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.
government expression people
Terrorism is not an expression of rage. Terrorism is a political weapon. Remove a government's facade of infallibility, and you remove it's people's faith. Dan Brown
government citizens arms
Only a government that does not trust its citizens would refuse them the right to bear arms. Curt Weldon
government entrepreneur helping
I don't have any problem with government helping entrepreneurs and businesses. Curt Schilling
government afar made
There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted. Confucius
government law rights
Nothing is more deceptive or more dangerous than the pretence of a desire to simplify government. The simplest governments are despotisms; the next simplest, limited monarchies; but all republics, all governments of law, must impose numerous limitations and qualifications of authority, and give many positive and many qualified rights. Daniel Webster
government people inattention
Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from...the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence.
government law giving
Let us hold fast the great truth, that communities are responsible, as well as individuals; that no government is respectable which is not just. Without unspotted purity of public faith, without sacred public principle, fidelity, and honor, no machinery of laws, can give dignity to political society.