Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor.

Charles A. Beard

Jeffersonian Democracy simply meant the possession of the federal government by the agrarian masses led by an aristocracy of slave-owning masses.

Our government should live up to the commitments we made in NAFTA rather than ignore it.

Our government in Mexico needs to know we are here.

Jahangir Khan

Pakistan is rich in sporting talent, but the only thing needed is to have sincere and honest administrators who should be held accountable by the government. Pakistan should be recognised as a sporting nation and not as a terrorist country.

Our position would be that it is, and always has been, government property.

Our task is to make sure the government does not submit the bill.

Suddenly, the government of India has taken a very keen interest in these far-flung islands.

Kathleen Blanco

State government must work leaner but smarter than ever before,

Terrorists have to know that (in Spain) there is going to be a government that is inflexible with terrorism and that wherever they are, they will be hunted down. This has been my policy since I was leader of the opposition

Thailand may end up without a functioning government for many months.

Gordon Campbell

Look, government is responsible, I'm responsible, no question about it,

I will not stand in the way of anything that would lead to a continuation of the reform processes that I started, and a stable government in Germany,

I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens.

Monica Crowley

I think the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of less government intrusion.

Just as most people would be upset if the government wanted to know how much you called your mother and what you talked about, they should be upset about this, too.

It is obvious that the government is on the retreat so we have to keep pushing to the end. Today is already a great success because the turn-out is as big as last week's.

Sharron Angle

I think that's what activates the Tea Party Movement. What they see is the government interfering with their lives and with the inheritance of their children. Are we going to pass down liberty or deficits? And that's really what this movement is about.

James Bovard

It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing.

It is kind of unique, when the government argues the defendant is telling the truth.

It is hard to see how the government can maintain its veto on nuclear new build.

Ann Wright

It is important to stand up and say the government is wrong,

Laws and regulations are supposed to restrict the kind of surveillance governments do. In fact, the U.S. government is quite restricted in what kind of surveillance they can do on U.S. citizens. The problem is that 96 percent of the planet is not U.S. citizens.

Lawmakers have been talking for years about the need for greater consolidation and coordination between local units of government, and this measure will help get state government out of the way of that goal.

It comes at a time when the government pretends it wants dialogue, but instead it is killing people indiscriminately.

I thought for sure the government at some level would have solved my problems for me, but since that doesn't look like it's going to happen, we have to go this route.

Buzz Aldrin

I think you have to talk to your congressman to try to get the government to want to work with the private sector.

Jim Murphy

I think the government ought to stay out of other people's business.

I think the government could do much better.

Barry Goldwater

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.

Recount or no recount, there's going to be a government without a strong mandate or much flexibility.

Sitaram Yechury

Parliament has to urgently and immediately take up the issue. It is up to the government to see how they do it. Parliament will have to enact the law. Eventually, even it (ordinance) will have to come to parliament.

It is getting harder and harder to support the government in the style to which it has become accustomed.