Quotes about government
government people ends
Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will whenever they become destructive of the ends for which they were established. Jefferson Davis
government president vote
I would vote for you for President but I'm against big government. Jeff Ross
government office bows
In the highest government office, you have to be ready to bow out at any time, otherwise you are not a free individual anymore. Jean-Claude Juncker
government years justice
In recent years... forces have developed in our government over which we have no control, and these forces have an authoritarian approach to justice - meaning, they tell you what justice is. Jim Garrison
government dollars bonus
To pay out millions upon millions of dollars in bonuses for incomplete work, poor performance, and unacceptable products is the height of government waste and mismanagement. Jim Gibbons
government creating people
The transfer is a monumental occasion as the Iraqi people take control of their government and their future and forge ahead with creating a society governed by the tenets of life, liberty and freedom. Jim Gerlach
government outsiders progressive
You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force. Jim Hightower
government years people
Suits obviously had helped to promote bad government and he was as guilty as anyone for wearing them so steadfastly for twenty years. Of late he had become frightened of the government for the first time in his life, the way the structure of democracy had begun debasing people rather than enlivening them in their mutual concern. The structure was no longer concerned with the purpose for which it was designed, and a small part of the cause, Nordstrom thought, was probably that all politicians and bureaucrats wore suits. Jim Harrison
government long people
It's the nature of government, to build enduring institutions, structures that stay long after their purpose is over. If you pay people to help the poor, you have people who won't be paid if there aren't any poor, so they'll be sure to find some. Jerry Pournelle
government minorities care
If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government. Jerrold Nadler
government democracy blackmail
Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy.
government weapons months
American nuclear weapons would almost certainly start being removed from Britain within 12 months of a Labour government gaining power. Neil Kinnock
government liberty democracy
We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that. John O. Brennan
government office people
Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be protected. And since his first days in office, President Obama has worked to strike the proper balance between the security the American people deserve and the openness our democratic society expects.
government order law
In full accordance with the law - and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save American lives - the United States government conducts targeted strikes against specific al-Qa'ida terrorists, sometimes using remotely piloted aircraft, often referred to publicly as drones.
government joseph-mccarthy senators
Senator Joseph McCarthy was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived. John Wayne
government giving promise
Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.
government parent house
Everyone wants to be called an outsider so I'm a proud insider. If I was young I'd be in my parents' house shutting down the government on my computer. The new delinquent is the hacker. John Waters
government two presidential
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. John W. Gardner
government principles revelations
In vain shall Great Britain confer upon her colonies the free government and liberal principles of legislation, for which she is distinguished, if she do not carry with her the revelations of God. John Strachan
government needs politician
The smaller the government, the less the need to manipulate politicians. John Stossel
government groups monopoly
Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better.
government giving wealth
Government has no wealth of its own. Before it gives anything to anyone, it must take from those who produced it.
government groups doe
Government has no money of its own. All it does is take resources from one group and given them to another.
government income half
Government is so big today that more than half the population gets a major part of its income from the state.
government challenges humanity
Saying that government is not the way to solve problems is not saying that humanity cannot solve its problems. What I've finally learned is this: Despite the obstacles created by governments, voluntary networks of private individuals - through voluntary exchange - solve all sorts of challenges.
government america giving
The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire population. In return we pay taxes. But lately the government has been a distributor of special privileges, taking money from some and giving it to others. America is now about evenly split between those who pay income taxes and those who consume them.
government people favors
To finance 'entitlement' programs, the government threatens force against the taxpayers who provide the money. Why are people who favor compulsion called humanitarians, while those who favor freedom are stigmatized as greedy?
government noble demand
'Live and let life' used to be a noble approach to life. Now you're considered compassionate if you demand that government impose your preferences on others.
government arbitrary want
Current government regulation interferes with honest voluntary exchanges by imposing arbitrary terms and requiring tons of paperwork disclosing information no one wants anyway.
government important return
If government were less important in our lives, politicians would have fewer goodies to trade. In return, we'd have more money and more freedom.
government years watches
I had to watch government fail for 25 years doing consumer reporting before I really saw it because intuitively, the reaction is problem, bring government and government will make it better.
government balance want
[T]he only way to shrink the trade deficit is for the government to prohibit us from buying whatever we want.