Quotes about govern
government hands law
The freest government, if it could exist, would not be long acceptable, if the tendency of the laws were to create a rapid accumulation of property in a few hands, and to render the great mass of the population dependent and penniless. Daniel Webster
government law political
A representative form of government rests nor more on political contributions than on those laws which regulate the descent and transmission of property.
government law political
It would seem, then, to be the part of political wisdom to found government on property; and to establish such distribution of property, by the laws which regulate its transmission and alienation, as to interest the great majority of society in the protection of the government.
government people evil
The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.
government law people
The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.
government helping well-being
Government has the power to help improve well-being David Cameron
government feet impact
I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day. Dave Eggers
government addiction people
Democrats have always wanted to grow government with revenues from our society's producers. They aren't sincere about reducing the deficit, because they will not abandon their addiction to spending other people's money. David Limbaugh
government income pay
It's one thing to maintain that upper-income earners should pay higher tax rates because they are better able to shoulder the burden for essential government services. But it's constitutional blasphemy to claim that the tax code should be used as a weapon against the wealthy and that the state should be the tyrannical arbiter of how income is distributed.
government doors feet
If Republican legislators succumb to their political addiction to compromise for the sake of getting something passed, no matter how odious, they'll be laying out the red carpet of inevitability for socialized care. Once government gets its foot in the door, more government control is unavoidable.
government periods alarmists
Call me an alarmist, but we are witnessing the beginning of the most frightening period of government tyranny in our nation's history.
government care reform
The government is a heartbeat away from nationalizing health care based on deliberate misinformation about the nation's uninsured and despite the 100 percent failure rate of such fantastic reforms elsewhere on the globe.
government boards income
When the coercive power of government is used to equalize incomes, it guarantees less prosperity across the board and spreads the misery, which is one of the many reasons Marxism and socialism have failed everywhere they've tried.
government using-words morality
Morality in government begins with officials using words as honestly as possible to describe the truth. David Gergen
government agreement presidential
I welcome the signing by the presidential candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani of an agreement on the formation of a government of national unity in Afghanistan, Anders Fogh Rasmussen
government decision berlin
I know very well that Berlin attaches great importance to NATO and solidarity, in terms of sharing the burden. For this reason, I feel confident that the German government will take the right decision, one that serves both German and NATO interests.
government views lists
Socialism isn't just a list of economic prescriptions for government. Perhaps above all, socialism is a moral view. Anderson Cooper
government effort half
You can’t prevent undernourishment so easily, but famines you can stop with half an effort. Then the question was why don’t the governments stop them? Amartya Sen
government numbers citizens
More than a decade after our fellow citizens began bedding down on the sidewalks, their problems continue to seem so intractable that we have begun to do psychologically what government has been incapable of doing programmatically. We bring the numbers down--not by solving the problem, but by deciding it's their own damn fault. Anna Quindlen
government church desire
the separation of church and state grew out of a desire, not so much to protect government from religion, but to protect religion from government.
government politician make-sense
Education is not something that the government invests in. Because if you invest in education, no politician can come and tell you something that doesn't make sense. Angelique Kidjo
government tv-shows survival
I left Mexico for artistic survival. If I had stayed, I would have been forced by the government, who control the movie business, to direct TV shows or commercials or infomercials for the government. Alfonso Cuaron
government bigs should
No bank should be allowed to become so big that it can blackmail governments. Angela Merkel
government ties political
The enactment of the Homestead Act would create the strongest tie between the citizen and the Government-he would with cheerfulness contribute his proportionable part of the taxes to defray the expenses of the political system under which he lived. Andrew Johnson
government goal people
The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.
government giving liberty
Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects.
government branches privilege
The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none. Andrew Jackson
government law practice
It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.
government people liberty
No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.
government quality demand
In a free government the demand for moral qualities should be made superior to that of talents.
government rights giving
It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give that humane and considerate attention to their rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our Government and the feelings of our people.
government presidential improvement
Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government, are of high importance.
government political pay
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.