Government Quotes

It is the government's strong desire to empower this fabric, this social fabric of our society where faith-based programs large and small feel empowered, encouraged, and welcomed into changing lives.

You know, what's interesting about Washington...It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second-nature.

Any government that chooses to be an ally of terror has also chosen to be an enemy of civilization.

America is addicted to oil and increasing amounts of this oil comes from abroad. Some of the nations we depend on for oil have unstable governments or are hostile towards the United States.

Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how -- the nature of the government in which people live.

The fundamental question facing Iraq government is whether or not we will stand with reformers across the region. It's really the task. And we're going to stand with this government.

Our job is to help Iraq forces be better equipped, to help their police be able to deal with these extremists and to help their government succeed.

The question is: Shouldn't Hezbollah disarm? And ultimately they should. And it's necessary for the Lebanese government to succeed.

The cornerstone of our policy in that part of the world is to help democracies. Lebanon's a democracy. We want the Siniora government to succeed.

Whatever party you're in in America, our troops deserve the full support of our government.

The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life.

The U.S. is a Government which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance.

Happiness is more effectually dispensed to mankind under a republican form of government than any other.

Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror.

The aggregate happiness of the society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, is, or ought to be, the end of all government . . . .

The situation of the general government, if it can be called a government, is shaken to its foundation, and liable to be overturned by every blast.

To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable.

We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.

That is the crux of modern conservatism - government taking strong measures to foster the attitudes and aptitudes necessary for increased individual independence.

Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what.

The sequester has forced liberals to clarify their conviction that whatever the government's size is at any moment, is the bare minimum neccessary to forestall intolerable suffering.

The realistic way to reduce the amount of money in politics is to reduce the amount of politics in money -- the importance of government in allocating wealth and opportunity.

We have far more to fear from swift than from torpid government.

Government exists to create and preserve conditions in which people can translate their ideas into practical reality. In the best of times, much is lost in translation. But we try.

We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government--a balance that favors greater individual freedom and self-reliance.

Governing is occupying but not interesting, governments are occupying but not interesting.

The thing that is most interesting about government servants is that they believe what they are supposed to believe, they really do believe what they are supposed to believe.

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

Waiting for the implosion [of the government of Romano Prodi] is risking to turn into Waiting for Godot.

English experience indicates that when the two great political parties agree about something it is generally wrong.

Aristocracy: government by the badly educated.

We are passing into a social phase in which unless a heroic effort is made for human dignity and freedom, gold will be the sole method of government and therefore the sole standard of manners.

It is hard to make government representative when it is also remote.

I know that strong trade unions and best supported by Labour Government actually protect worker's rights.

I beg you, put an end to the occupation. I beg the Italian government and the Italian people to put pressure on the government to pull out.

The purpose of a just government is to prevent plunder, not facilitate it.

The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gatherings.

If the average citizen thinks God has nothing to do with government, who then creates our rights and what makes them inalienable?

[I]f you want instant, reflexive support for the US government's police and military powers, MSNBC is the place to turn these days.

The government usually announces it killed a Big Terrorist 5 or 6 different times before they're dead - they're almost like cats.

I said to myself, "If the government thinks I'm an artist, I must be one."

[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that fails to respect their authority.

I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending aid, the helpfulness, and so on, yes.

My first rule - the golden rule - ensures that over the economic cycle the Government will borrow only to invest, and that current spending will be met from taxation.

I believe that the Government's first duty is to defend its citizens, to defend them against the harms that come out of hate.

In Southern Europe, we have, of course, very bad governments.

You can look at the state of California, which is on a pathway to destruction because they expanded government too much, thinking that there would always be someone to pay for it.

Private citizens and companies are always seen as evil and greedy, because they want to profit. But the government picks your pocket any chance it can get, but they're never called greedy.

The government is controlling your mind through chem trails, we all know this is true.

[Obamacare] has to be enforced because nobody wants it. This is the nature of progressive government they don't care if it's not good for you. It's good for them.