Quotes about govern
government doe saving
We say that anytime budgets are balanced and an ample savings account has been set aside, government should just stop collecting taxes. Better to leave that money in the pockets of those who earned it, than to let it burn a hole, as it always does, in the pockets of government Mitch Daniels
government needs behavior
Our morbidly obese federal government needs not just behavior modification but bariatric surgery. Mitch Daniels
government white people
The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected. Mitch McConnell
government effort trying
It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester or the debt ceiling or the operation of government to try to engage the president to deal with this. Mitch McConnell
government social paid
The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it. Mitch McConnell
government delay levels
While other state governments stiff their vendors, close parks, delay tax refunds, and ignore unacceptably poor service levels, Indiana state employees are setting national standards for efficiency. Mitch McConnell
government president today
I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today. Mikhail Khodorkovsky
government unjust made
Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things. Oscar Wilde
government soul-and-body people
There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People. Oscar Wilde
government bigs big-government
Big government doesn't work! It just doesn't work! Lou Barletta
government worry people
People are always saying: 'They'll take care of it. The government will. Don't worry, they will'. They who? It starts with us. It's us. Or else it'll never be done. Michael Jackson
government police railroads
Having wallowed in a delightful orgy of anti-French sentiment, having deplored and applauded the villains themselves, having relished the foibles of bankers, railwaymen, diplomats, and police, the public was now ready to see its faith restored in the basic soundness of banks, railroads, government, and police. Michael Crichton
government limits said
The Democrats have come right out and said it: the power of the central government shall have no limits at all. Mia Love
government israel order
Your government has problems...my government has problems. I can't be a judge. All I can do is be an ambassador of love. I'm a musician, not a soldier, and if I'm invited to a place in order to play and bring love, I'll always accept the invitation. Meshell Ndegeocello
government together way
We don't walk. We overeat because we've made it easy to overeat. We have fast-food joints on every corner. By the way, the 'we' is all of us. It's not the government. It's all of us doing this together. Mehmet Oz
government imperfection easy
It is very easy to accuse a government of imperfection, for all mortal things are full of it. Michel de Montaigne
government self judging
Peoples nurtured on freedom and self-government judge any other form of polity to be deformed and unnatural. Those who are used to monarchy do the same . Michel de Montaigne
government vexation states
There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state. Michel de Montaigne
government would-be littles
I know these days it sounds a little odd, but American governments are very fearful of European reaction. They were afraid we would be considered gunslingers. Michael Scheuer
government needs
Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether. Michael Newdow
government would-be world
A new chapter in the history of international politics has begun, one in which the pursuit and control of energy resources would be the central dynamic of world affairs, and governments. Michael Klare
government agriculture people
Greece is a bleak, unsmiling desert, without agriculture, manufactures or commerce, apparently. What supports its poverty-stricken people or its Government, is a mystery. Mark Twain
government mind earth
Wherefore being all of one mind, we do highly resolve that government of the grafted by the grafter for the grafter shall not perish from the earth. Mark Twain
government greek citizenry
The word "politics" comes from the Greek politeia which had to do with the citizenry, not the government. Marianne Williamson
government work-out needs
I need to work outside government, on my own, Marian Wright Edelman
government giving people
The federal government would give money to the states. States would be able to negotiate at local rates. It's not Medicaid. People didn't want it to be Medicaid in Washington, either. Maria Cantwell
government cities destroying
To dislocate the functioning of a city without destroying it can be more effective than a riot because it can be longer-lasting, costly to the society but not wantonly destructive, moreover, it is more difficult for Government to quell it by superior force. Martin Luther King, Jr.
government people trying
Well, nobody's being deported - nobody - practically. And so what the people down there getting is the American government is telling us that you're not going to be able to stay. But, in fact, they're letting almost everybody stay. And so what they're trying to do is show that at least some people are going to get deported. Mark Krikorian
government liberty minorities
In every State, the government is nothing but a permanent conspiracy on the part of the minority against the majority, which it enslaves and fleeces. Mikhail Bakunin
government order citizens
A new world order is taking shape so fast that governments as well as private citizens find it difficult just to absorb the gallop of events. Mikhail Gorbachev
government civilization community
The emerging 'environmentalization' of our civilization and the need for vigorous action in the interest of the entire global community will inevitably have multiple political consequences. Perhaps the most important of them will be a gradual change in the status of the United Nations. Inevitably, it must assume some aspects of a world government. Mikhail Gorbachev
government people care
People don't trust the federal government as it relates to health care. Mike Conaway
government needs helping
You don't need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change. Nicholas D. Kristof