Quotes about government
government different asking
Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life. Donna Shalala
government environmental friendly
As President Bush has said on numerous occasions, it is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital. Donald Evans
government cost collaboration
Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection. Don Tapscott
government giving benefits
Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits. Dale Dauten
government years one-day
Every good citizen should be willing to devote a brief time during some one day in the year, when necessary, to the making up of a listing of his income for taxes to contribute to his Government, not the scriptural tithe, but a small percentage of his net profits. Cordell Hull
government iraq goal
It is the US government's desire for the Iraqi people to lead themselves, not for any outside power to be the leadership for Iraq in the future. There may be some transition period where the international community would have to help the Iraqi people put in place a representative government. But that is the goal, not for the United States, or any other nation, for that matter, who might be in such a coalition, if one is formed, to serve as the leader of the Iraqi nation. Colin Powell
government mind advertising-business
The hired journalist, I thought, ought to realize that he is partly in the entertainment business and partly in the advertising business - advertising either goods, or a cause, or a government. He just has to make up his mind whom he wants to entertain, and what he wants to advertise. Claud Cockburn
government ecosystems perfection
You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government and its people. What we need to strive for is not perfection, but balance. Ani Difranco
government sound great-depression
The Government's business is in sound condition. Andrew Mellon
government anarchy doe
Freedom is the default position. Everything the government does takes away some of our freedom... That's why we have a constitution, to restrain the government. Andrew Napolitano
government voting matter
The only problem with voting is no matter who you vote for the government always gets in.
government upset care
Why are liberals who want the government to regulate their health care upset that the government wants to regulate their internet?
government adorable dollars
The federal government began investigating allegations of fraud against the Coalition Provisional Authority, a U.S. contractor accused in a bid-rigging operation involving millions of dollars. Asked to comment, a spokesperson for Halliburton said, 'Millions? With an M? That is adorable.' Amy Poehler
government bird trying
Maggie threw her head back and laughed. 'So you're going to try...what? Birds of a Feather?' she quested. 'Of course not,' Kat said. 'Everyone knows the French government banned the importation of peacocks in 1987. Ally Carter
government color perfectly-good
A committee is a group of individuals who all put in a perfectly good color, and it comes out gray. Allan Sherman
government benefits bills
For decades now, the Democrats have had a good gig buying the votes of government workers with outrageous salaries, benefits and work rules - and then sticking productive earners with the bill. But, now, we're out of money. Ann Coulter
government ideas broken
Almost everything wrong with our health care system comes from government interference with the free market. If the health care system is broken, then fix it. Don't try to invent a new one premised on all the bad ideas that are causing problems in the first place.
government political screw-ups
Whenever you come across a screw-up this big, you know the government is behind it.
government rich poor
Democrats don't resent the rich on behalf of the poor. They resent the rich on behalf of the government.
government ifs recessions
There's never a recession if you work for the government.
government abortion literature
Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats. You're for them or against them. Taxes go up or down; government raises taxes or lowers them. But Democrats will not let the words 'abortion' or 'tax hikes' pass their lips.
government needs receiving
At every other workplace in the nation - even Mal-Mart! - workers are being laid off. But no one at any of the bloated government bureaucracies ever need fear receiving a pink slip. All 64,750 employees at the department of Health and Human Services are apparently absolutely crucial to the smooth functioning of the department.
government mars answers
Next time someone says, 'Where has big government ever gotten us?' the correct answer is 'Mars.' Andy Borowitz
government black earth
There's nothing on this green earth that a liberal progressive fears more than a black American who wants a better life and a smaller government. Allen West
government diversity world
Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world's peoples. Aga Khan IV
government law democracy
It is acknowledged, namely, that there are in the world three forms of government, autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy: autocracies and oligarchies are administered according to the tempers of their lords, but democratic states according to established laws. Aeschines
government anarchy may
Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy. Aesop
government interesting cinema
The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They're not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very interesting to them. Abbas Kiarostami
government importance leash people
Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government. James Bovard
government principles consent-of-the-governed
Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. Adrian Cronauer
government upset management
As soon as government management begins it upsets the natural equilibrium of industrial relations, and each interference only requires further bureaucratic control until the end is the tyranny of the totalitarian state. Adam Smith
government sight justice
To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers.
government progress able
Though the profusion of Government must undoubtedly have retarded the natural progress of England to wealth and improvement, it has not been able to stop it.