Quotes about government
government people democracy
The true slogan of a true democracy is not `Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another. Dwight D. Eisenhower
government protection states
Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.
government magic demand
The government cannot do everything all at once. It can't wave a magic wand and meet everyone's demands simultaneously ... Corazon Aquino
government media leader
National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services
government coercion elements
Whenever the government is involved, there is an element of coercion. Dinesh D'Souza
government accepted british
The British Government and the Irish Government have accepted very clearly the Mitchell Report.
government people priorities
We will shortly become like Germany, France, the United Kingdom, or Sweden - a socialist democracy in which the government dominates the economy, determines private-sector priorities and offers a vastly expanded range of services to many more people at much higher taxes. Dick Morris
government offering example
Aside from the poor example it sets, the federal government enables reckless spending on public-employee pensions by offering hope of assistance from Washington if things get bad enough. Devin Nunes
government agreement presidential
I welcome the signing by the presidential candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani of an agreement on the formation of a government of national unity in Afghanistan, Anders Fogh Rasmussen
government decision berlin
I know very well that Berlin attaches great importance to NATO and solidarity, in terms of sharing the burden. For this reason, I feel confident that the German government will take the right decision, one that serves both German and NATO interests.
government views lists
Socialism isn't just a list of economic prescriptions for government. Perhaps above all, socialism is a moral view. Anderson Cooper
government effort half
You can’t prevent undernourishment so easily, but famines you can stop with half an effort. Then the question was why don’t the governments stop them? Amartya Sen
government numbers citizens
More than a decade after our fellow citizens began bedding down on the sidewalks, their problems continue to seem so intractable that we have begun to do psychologically what government has been incapable of doing programmatically. We bring the numbers down--not by solving the problem, but by deciding it's their own damn fault. Anna Quindlen
government church desire
the separation of church and state grew out of a desire, not so much to protect government from religion, but to protect religion from government.
government politician make-sense
Education is not something that the government invests in. Because if you invest in education, no politician can come and tell you something that doesn't make sense. Angelique Kidjo
government support democracy
Democracy is not a Beloved Republic really, and never will be. But it is less hateful than other contemporary forms of government, and to that extent deserves our support. E. M. Forster
government
The less government, the better Drew Carey
government competition fairness
You can't have a market without government, because governments create the rules of competition and enforce fairness in the markets, and they build the institutions within which competition takes place. Douglas Massey
government want get-away
I want to get away from "It's either government or the market." That's a false dichotomy.
government people use
For me, liberals are people who seek to use government to promote the general welfare.
government data uranium-mining
We Facebook users have been building a treasure lode of big data that government and corporate researchers have been mining to predict and influence what we buy and for whom we vote. We have been handing over to them vast quantities of information about ourselves and our friends, loved ones and acquaintances. Douglas Rushkoff
government law might
Since the dawn of the Internet, I have always operated under the assumption that if the government or corporations have technological capability to do something, they are doing it - whatever the laws we happen to know about might say.
government research logistics
I will be engaging myself personally, as the head of the Polish government, in the optimization of conditions for the exploration, research, logistics and the business related to the production of shale gas. Donald Tusk
government
My government is in no sense anti-Russian.
government people support
The actions of my government are not bearable. They devastate our natural resources and deprive our people. The politicians speak piously while practicing greed and divisiveness; they care nothing for the nation. I want to do more than withdraw my support. I want to tar and feather them. Donella Meadows
government economic form
Any nations right to a form of government and economic system of its own choosing is inalienable. Any nations attempt to dictate to other nations their form of government is indefensible.
government political citizens
It is my personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or any other form of dictatorship than acknowledge the political domination of another government, even though that brought to each citizen a far higher standard of living.
government goes-on helping
Help the Cubans to the utmost counseling his successor while handing over the reins. We cannot let Castro's government go on.
government people conservative
In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with the people's money or their economy or their form of government, be conservative.
government want following-your-own-path
If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They'll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over their heads. But if an American wants to preserve his dignity and his equality as a human being, he must not bow his neck to any dictatorial government.
government doors people
The Government have consistently made it clear that the mechanism in the United Kingdom whereby the European draft constitutional treaty could be implemented is approval by the House of Commons followed by a referendum of the people of Britain. There is no question of implementing it by the back door. Douglas Alexander
government drug said
If I say f*** the government, some will clap because they agree and some will clap just because you said f***. I've had countless audience members offer me free drugs but I also got free hernia surgery. Doug Stanhope
government delivering complexes
The government is fully capable of delivering services. Even complex services. Donna Shalala