Quotes about govern
government venture roles
One role of government is to go where venture capital won't. Joe Biden
government usa borders
Well, we're [USA] not looking for an ally; what we're looking for is a stable, democratic government that is not beholden to anyone in the region and is able to be secure within its own borders and have its own policy. Joe Biden
government air agreement
I'm confident because of the - what we [USA government] call the strategic agreement we're now working on with them, we will be deeply involved within every aspect of their government from helping them improve their agriculture, to train air traffic controllers, to train pilots for the F-16s they're buying. So we'll have a deep relationship. Joe Biden
government making-money wells
Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money! Joe Biden
government innovation
Almost every great innovation was [created] by government. Joe Biden
government too-much problem
Leaks are good. There is too much secrecy in our government. Sometimes the government knows about a problem and it takes a leak to embarrass the bureaucracy and get them to do something about it.
government salary done
It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can't continue in perpetuity these programs. Jim Talent
government leader world
Gov. Romney is a proven and effective leader with vast experience in the business world, in the non-profit world and in government. And in every capacity in which he has ever served, he has been effective as a leader. Jim Talent
government america people
The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess. Jim Talent
government class goal
We can talk about corporations all day long but my goal is to help the middle class, somebody who makes too much to be on government assistance but still lives paycheck to paycheck. Lindsey Graham
government careers
My government career is over. Linda Tripp
government earning spending
The government has to spend money during a recession, because their spending is our earning. Linda Ronstadt
government digging lines
Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats. Linda Chavez
government people psychology
The Soviet government sprouted and grew out of the habits, the psychology, and the condition of the Russian people. It fitted them. They understand it. Lincoln Steffens
government administration reform
Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government. Lincoln Steffens
government evil anarchy
All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy. Leo Tolstoy
government citizens truth-is
The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens... Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere. Leo Tolstoy
government institutions immoral
Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions. Leo Tolstoy
government cash situation
You can't have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government. Lawrence Summers
government broken money-in-politics
In a time of polarized politics there's one thing that more than ninety percent of Americans agree on, that our government is broken, and broken because of the money in politics. Lawrence Lessig
government paradise gone
When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. Lawrence Lessig
government focus liberty
My claim is that we should focus on the values of liberty... If there is not government to insist on those values, then who? ... The single unifying force should be that we govern ourselves. Lawrence Lessig
government dangerous controlled
There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few. Lawrence Lessig
government heaven corporations
Let the corporations do as they please -- pillage the environment, falsify their advertising, rig the securities markets -- and it is none of the federal government's business to interfere with the will of heaven. Lewis H. Lapham
government demand exceed
The supply of government exceeds demand. Lewis H. Lapham
government working-it government-work
How our government works... it doesn't. Lewis Black
government confusion forever
A government, forever changing and changeable, is, indeed, in a state bordering upon anarchy and confusion. Joseph Story
government people united-states
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Joseph Story
government federalism branches
So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where the state sovereignties are represented; and the national sovereignty, as such, has no representation. Joseph Story
government federalism next
In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government. They can exist without the latter, but the latter cannot exist without them. Joseph Story
government dollars guarantees
The fact that the government had to put up hundreds of billions of dollars to Citibank in guarantees was a public declaration that Citibank was a mess. Making Citibank go through financial restructuring would not have conveyed any more different information. So it's very hard to see why it would have had that kind of a panic if it were done well. Joseph Stiglitz
government want facts
The fact is, my friends, most Americans don't want more government. They want less government. Mike Huckabee
government easy difficult
It is easy to overthrow a government but very difficult to build a new one ... Pearl S. Buck