Quotes about government
government growth environmental
Once government's objectives were economic growth and social cohesion. Now they are prosperity, fairness and environmental care Gordon Brown
government racism soldier
The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. Geronimo
government six loyalists
There can be no such things as an Irish nationalist accepting the loyalist veto and partition. You cannot claim to be an Irish nationalist if you consent to an internal six county settlement and if you are willing to negotiate the state of Irish society with a foreign government. Gerry Adams
government land russia
Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large estates, crown lands, government land, and the estates held by the monasteries.
government numbers giving
A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit. Herman Kahn
government gold vampire
A gold standard is to the moochers and looters in government what sunlight and garlic are to vampires. Herman Cain
government kind intense
The freest form of government is only the least objectionable form. The rule of the many by the few we call tyranny: the rule of the few by the many is tyranny also; only of a less intense kind. Herbert Spencer
government immoral
Government is essentially immoral.
government risk reign
Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
government years race
Over the course of more than 200 years, it has found a right to equal education regardless of race. It has guaranteed an attorney and a fair trial to all Americans, rich and poor alike. It has allowed women to keep private medical decisions private. And it has allowed Americans to speak, vote and worship without interference from their government. Herb Kohl
government wish literature
The newspapers, I perceive, devote some of their columns specially to politics or government without charge; and this, one would say, is all that saves it; but as I love literature and to some extent the truth also, I never read those columns at any rate. I do not wish to blunt my sense of right so much. Henry David Thoreau
government rats lasts
The oldest, wisest politician grows not more human so, but is merely a gray wharf rat at last.
government play roles
NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women. Jenny Shipley
government law america
The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing "God Bless America." No, no, no, God d*mn America, that's in the Bible for killing innocent people. God d*mn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God d*mn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme. Jeremiah Wright
government democracy election
I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know with ah... a parliamentary democracy, but I've always had an instinct to say there should be a fixed term. Jim Bolger
government choices entitlement
Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals. Jesse Helms
government america risk
Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk. Jesse Jackson
government alternatives neighbor
A neighbor is a far better and cheaper alternative to government services. Jennifer Pahlka
government needs cant
We cant do without government, but we do need it to be more effective.
government people given
Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if youre one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.
government political election
We're not going to fix government until we fix citizenship.
government self top-down
He's [Louis Brandais] so suspicious of bigness in government as well as business that he mistrusts even really top-down reforms at the state level. The most inspiring part of his legacy to me is his belief in the imperative and duty of self-education on behalf of citizens. Jeffrey Rosen
government surveillance-cameras shopping
Before Sept. 11, the idea that Americans would voluntarily agree to live their lives under the gaze of a network of biometric surveillance cameras, peering at them in government buildings, shopping malls, subways and stadiums, would have seemed unthinkable, a dystopian fantasy of a society that had surrendered privacy and anonymity.
government
Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel. Jeff Flake
government office information
Some information has to remain in the privy of the office of the Prime Minister and the ministers for the proper administration of government. Jean Chretien
government leader unions
A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic system, including business, the unions, and the universities.
government people community
Canadian federalism is more than a form of government. It's also a system of values that allows different people in diverse communities to live and work together in harmony for the good of all.
government giving purpose
It is not the government's purpose to make a profit the way a company does, because a company doesn't have to give a damn about the unemployed poor or provide services that are non-commercial by definition.
government new-orleans hurricanes
Hurricane [Katrina] hit the Gulf Coast and destroyed much of the Gulf Coast - that was an act of God ... Now what happened to New Orleans, that was a complete failure of the federal government. Complete negligence by the feds. James Carville
government crooks want
Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops; it's easier to get away with murder.
government diversity people
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. James A. Garfield
government people employment
It is not part of the functions of the national government to find employment for people and if we were to appropriate a hundred millions for this purpose, we should be taxing forty millions of people to keep a few thousand employed.
government reign stills
God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!