Quotes about govern
government idaho citizens
What the Idaho Health Freedom Act says is that the citizens of our state won't be subject to another federal mandate or turn over another part of their life to government control. Butch Otter
government hypocrisy height
At a time when we are pleading with foreign governments to stop the export of cocaine, it is the height of hypocrisy for the United States to export tobacco. C. Everett Koop
government space deciding-what-to-do
Before deciding what to do about national space policy, Obama set up an outside review panel of space experts, headed up by my friend Norm Augustine, former head of Lockheed Martin and a former government official. Buzz Aldrin
government together three
It's not easy to get human beings into orbit. So far only three nations have been able to do that, with all the resources that they put together. And I'm just a little skeptical that that's going to be done by the private sector without making use of what has been done by the government.
government space rockets
When the time comes to start building deep space transports and refueling rocket tankers, it will be the commercial industry that steps up, not another government-owned, government-managed enterprise.
government needs roles
The government needs a role in carrying out exploration. They will be leading the development of the engines that are needed, and the private sector will take advantage of those.
government hands justice
Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a skillful diplomatist, than in the soundness or justice of their claims. James Ellis
government president campaigns
A disturbing prospect looms before us as Americans consider the possibility of a second term for President Barack Obama. Millions of conservatives who revere the Constitution, with its guarantees of freedom and limited government, have watched with alarm as the campaign season has unfolded. James Dobson
government priorities promise
Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities. Jared Polis
government way conservative
In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it. Jarvis Cocker
government alternatives conservative
A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.
government people progress
Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress. Jaron Lanier
government views multiple-choice
Individual web pages as they first appeared in the early 1990s had the flavour of person-hood. MySpace preserved some of that flavour, though a process of regularized formatting had begun. Facebook went further, organizing people into multiple-choice identities while Wikipedia seeks to erase point of view entirely. If a church or government were doing these things, it would feel authoritarian, but when technologists are the culprits, we seem hip, fresh, and inventive. People accept ideas presented in technological form that would be abhorrent in any other forms
government political sometimes
Sometimes the critics review me harshly for not being critical of government but it's not me who has said I was political. Janeane Garofalo
government media facts
The media is supposed to be custodians of the facts and watchdogs of government. They have, for the most part, neglected to be either of those things.
government political all-time-low
It's no coincidence that trust in government is at an all-time low now that the size of government is at an all-time high. Paul Ryan
government years gdp
In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government.
government income roles
Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive.
government matter belief
The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back.
government trying ongoing
Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.
government rights independence
Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government.
government rights god-and-nature
Our rights come from nature and God, not government.
government pay patient
Either we have the government forcing us and telling us what we have to do, where we have to do it and how much we have to pay for it or we put ourselves in charge - we as consumers, as patients.
government prosperity economics
Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.
government self discipline
Self Government won't work without self discipline. Paul Harvey
government self discipline
If we cannot count on ourselves to do the right thing how can we count on anyone or anything else? Self-government won't work without self-discipline.
government missing accountability
What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability. Paul Hawken
government communicate homeland-security
And how the government communicates about homeland security is central to how the public responds. Patrick J. Kennedy
government judging branches
The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no court above the Supreme Court. Patrick Leahy
government justice people
Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor has been a guardian of the protections the Constitution provides the American people. She's come to provide balance and a check on government intrusion into our personal privacy and freedoms.
government giving people
I have the highest veneration of those Gentleman, -- but, Sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, We, the People? My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them to speak the language of, We, the People, instead of We, the States? States are the characteristics, and the soul of the confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one of great consolidated National Government of the people of all the States. Patrick Henry
government liberty ends
Liberty ought to be the direct end of your government.
government people tyranny-founding-fathers
[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.