Quotes about government
government lawyer kind
We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers. John Stossel
government people poor
Freedom works, and government, when it grows beyond the barest minimum, keeps people poor. John Stossel
government years long
I'm a little embarrassed about how long it took me to see the folly of most government intervention. It was probably 15 years before I really woke up to the fact that almost everything government attempts to do, it makes worse. John Stossel
government politics torture
There's no business that's too small for government to torture John Stossel
government people regulation
The people who tried government regulation have lives which are miserable. John Stossel
government cheese taste
I can describe to you the taste of government cheese. John Scalzi
government force monopoly
The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable John Perry Barlow
government sight magic
One can imagine the government's problem. This is all pretty magical stuff to them. If I were trying to terminate the operations of a witch coven, I'd probably seize everything in sight. How would I tell the ordinary household brooms from the getaway vehicles? John Perry Barlow
government vision wealth-creation
Romney is right that the Obama vision is too centered on government. But his is too centered on the promotion of business and wealth creation at the expense of everything else. John Podhoretz
government president executive-power
Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate. John Podhoretz
government would-be debt
The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and can't be allowed to happen. John Podhoretz
government needs british
The British government needs to bring its system in Ireland under control. Martin McGuinness
government giving decision
Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require. Martin McGuinness
government justice wild-geese
Wild Goose exemplifies how the Evangelical Left translates 'social justice' into Big Government and pacifism. Mark Tooley
government trying lessons
One lesson of Sept. 11 is that a government that tries to do everything is likely to do most of it badly. Mark Steyn
government years essence
The essence of a government health care system - for people who have never lived under it and don't know - is waiting, waiting, waiting. You wait for everything. You wait for years for operations that are routine in America. Mark Steyn
government care minutes
The minute health care becomes a huge, unwieldy, expensive government bureaucracy it's a permanent feature of life and there's nothing anyone can do about it. Mark Steyn
government europe growth
The progressive Left can be in favor of Big Government or population control but not both. The mutual incompatibility is about to plunge Europe into societal collapse. There is no precedent in human history for economic growth on declining human capital - and that's before anyone invented unsustainable welfare systems. Mark Steyn
government citizens bigs
Big government makes small citizens. Mark Steyn
government too-much doe
The trouble with the social-democratic state is that, when government does too much, nobody else does much of anything. Mark Steyn
government giving long
Once a fellow's enjoying the fruits of government health care and all the rest, he couldn't give a hoot about the general societal interest; he's got his, and if it's going to bankrupt the state of a generation hence, well, as long as they can keep the checks coming till he's dead, it's fine by him. Mark Steyn
government citizens judgment
Anything that shifts power from the individual judgment of free citizens to government is a bad thing. Mark Steyn
government oakland long
At first glance, an alliance of anarchists and government might appear to be somewhat paradoxical. But the formal convergence in Oakland makes explicit the movement's aims: They're anarchists for statism, wild free-spirited youth demanding more and more total government control of every aspect of life - just so long as it respects the fundamental human right to sloth. Mark Steyn
government choices over-you
Apparently the pro-choice types who jump up and down in the street demanding that you keep your rosaries off their ovaries are entirely relaxed about the government getting its bureaucratics all over your lymphatics. Mark Steyn
government great-customer-service stores
Big Government is erecting a panopticon state - one that sees everything, and regulates everything. It’s great “customer service,” except that you can never get out of the store. Mark Steyn
government dollars united-states
How do you 'invest in the future'? By borrowing $188 million every hour. That's what the Government of the United States is doing. It's spending one-fifth of a billion dollars it doesn't have every hour of every day of every week - all for your future! Mark Steyn
government years pay
If you took every single penny that Warren Buffett has, it'd pay for 4-1/2 days of the US government. This tax-the-rich won't work. The problem here is the government is way bigger than even the capacity of the rich to sustain it. The Buffett Rule would raise $3.2 billion a year, and take 514 years just to pay off Obama's 2011 budget deficit. Mark Steyn
government office limos
Tell me why the limousine fleet has increased by 42 percent since Barack Obama took office. Why are we spending taxpayers' money on that? Limos should be for weddings and proms, certainly not for government officials to be riding around in. Mark Neumann
government profound decision
The government would be making decisions about what type of care is given, what procedures can be performed, and the kind of medications prescribed. It would be a very profound change from the ideal to which we aspire. Nan Hayworth
government people liberty
If we can return to a government that the Founders, in their wisdom, envisioned for us, we can return to a government that will allow our economy to thrive again, and our people to live in liberty. Nan Hayworth
government years scotland
There's something fundamentally wrong with a system where there's been 17 years of a Tory Government and the people of Scotland have voted Socialist for 17 years. That hardly seems democratic. Sean Connery
government done sake
History has shown us that 'Get Things Done' is mindless liberal code for passing ineffective legislation and expanding government for government's sake. Michelle Malkin
government benefits bills
There is no such thing as a 'free' government benefit. Ask small-business owners who are footing skyrocketing bills for bottomless jobless benefits. Michelle Malkin