Quotes about govern
government america littles
There's very little different between the way the government operates in America and the way criminals do. Ben Mendelsohn
government ideas balance
What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance. Barbara Jordan
government shaping-the-future willing
A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. Barbara Jordan
government impact justice
The Commission agrees that the federal government should help alleviate these costs. The best way to do so is to reduce illegal immigration.... We recommend immediate reimbursement of criminal justice costs, because these conditions can now be met, but we urge further study of the costs of health care and education before impact aid is provided. Barbara Jordan
government way treats
I personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts. Barbara Kingsolver
government loyal forums
We must be loyal to the forum of our government. Bainbridge Colby
government lebanon able
As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland. Bashar al-Assad
government freedom-of-speech sound
The more a government strives to curtail freedom of speech, the more obstinately is it resisted ; not indeed by the avaricious, ... but by those whom good education, sound morality, and virtue have rendered more free. Baruch Spinoza
government opinion crime
The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts. Baruch Spinoza
government drug arms
If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government. Barbara Mertz
government liberty destroying
...When the government goes into the business of destroying trust, it goes into the business of destroying itself. Arthur Miller
government political knows
Who knows? Maybe my life belongs to God. Maybe it belongs to me. But I do know one thing: I'm damned if it belongs to the government. Art Hoppe
government loyalty
Loyalty is to the government. I take this so seriously. Linda Tripp
government itself left situation
left to the Kuwaiti government itself and its estimation about the situation in Iraq. Hoshyar Zebari
governor major present research several support
Several major research institutions were present with the governor to show their support of the new program.
government public restoring trust
She's restoring the public trust in government leadership. Laura Bush
government giving income
The more the state gives to its citizens, the less they have to earn. That is the basic concept of the welfare state - you receive almost everything you need without having to earn any of it. About half of Americans now pay no federal income tax - but they receive all government benefits just as if they had paid for, i.e., earned them. Dennis Prager
government liberty treasure
Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract. Dennis Prager
government europe united-states
Governments grow as God declines, in both Europe and the United States Dennis Prager
government scary eras
It is scary to live in the Obama era with its use of government to suppress dissent Dennis Prager
government volunteer giving
The bigger the government, the less the citizens do for one another. If the state will take care of me and my neighbors, why should I? This is why Western Europeans, people who have lived in welfare states far longer than Americans have, give less to charity and volunteer less time to others than do Americans of the same socioeconomic status. Dennis Prager
government anarchy arguing
No American conservative has ever argued that the government should never be involved in peoples' lives. That is anarchy, and we don't argue for that. Dennis Prager
government taxation thievery
Is there a point of taxation wherein even a Democrat would acknowledge it is thievery by the government? Dennis Prager
government liberty foundation
God is the foundation of liberty. Because if God is not, who is? The government? Dennis Prager
government bigger strain
There is an authoritarian strain in all of Leftism-- because the bigger the government, the more it controls other peoples' lives Dennis Prager
government opponents scandal
Please understand what the IRS scandal is about: Using the government to shut down opponents Dennis Prager
government corruption bigger
The bigger the government, the greater the corruption Dennis Prager
government trying lasts
The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online. Dennis Hastert
government years sea
We need a firm cap on carbon emissions from fossil fuels. No coal, oil, or gas could enter the economy until the buyer had a permit. All permits would be auctioned by the federal government, and the number of permits auctioned would be decreased by three percent per year. Permits could be traded, but they could not be created out of whole cloth by companies that plant forests or dump iron filings at sea. Denis Hayes
government law people
The good of the people must be the great purpose of government. By the laws of nature and of reason, the governors are invested with power to that end. And the greatest good of the people is liberty. It is to the state what health is to the individual. Denis Diderot
government presumption-of-innocence generations
This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. Dee Dee Myers
government kind
Government is a kind of legalized pillage. Elbert Hubbard
government people discrimination
The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government... Eleanor Roosevelt