Government Quotes

Privately run jails are a mark of American "reinvented government" that has been picked up by neoconcervatives in Canada.

Donald Trump actually is a pretty big-government conservative. He doesn't see eye-to-eye with them [the Kochs] on trade.

Sometimes the critics review me harshly for not being critical of government but it's not me who has said I was political.

Vengeance is a personal reaction. But not one that government can indulge in.

The government should be actively enforcing the high road.

Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress.

In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.

A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.

I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada.

The government was to raise the duty on cheese to 83 percent, an unpopular move that would doubtless have the more militant citizens picketing cheese shops.

The White House doesn't create jobs. The government together - White House, Congress - creates policies that allow for greater job creation.

Before we give the government any more money, show us some receipts.

When did the government become our psycho ex-girlfriend

Now see, a lot of critics are saying Arnold can't get elected because he's just an ambitious guy with a famous name, who doesn't know anything about running the government. Didn't hurt George Bush.

How many watched the President's speech last night? [half-hearted audience applause] How many watched American Idol ? [thundering applause] Okay, there you go! You get the government you deserve.

The Iraqis sat down for talks on how to put together a post-war government. They would have sat down yesterday, but somebody stole all their couches.

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.

All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues.

Some information has to remain in the privy of the office of the Prime Minister and the ministers for the proper administration of government.

A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others.

The Italian government, a free French newspaper tartly observed, never finished a war on the same side it started on – unless the war lasted long enough to change sides twice.

It is doubtless very desirable, that private persons should have a correct knowledge of their personal interests; but it must be infinitely more so, that governments should possess that knowledge.

The science of government is only a science of combinations, of applications, and of exceptions, according to times, places and circumstances.

The Vichy government was under occupation and carried out the orders of the German occupier.

No idea holds greater sway in the minds of educated Americans that the belief that it is possible to democratize governments anytime and anywhere under any circumstances.

Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits. In Britain, the road [to democratic government] took seven centuries to traverse.

[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.

Every believer is an anarchist at heart. True believers would rather see governments topple and history rewritten than scuff the cover of their faith.

Government is basically a parasite, and if the host doesn't grow, then government suffers.

Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel.

Thirty years people have been asking for a lawful system of immigration to end this lawlessness, and government on both parties have refused to give it to them.

Really, the one thing that actually works - you know, state-run communism may not be your cup of tea, but [China's] government works.

I think the answer has to do with the fact that [Louis D.] Brandeis was a consistent critic of bigness in business and in government.

Movies like 'The Interview' and 'Team America: World Police' don't often show the realities of life in North Korea and the human rights violations perpetrated by the government there.

A neighbor is a far better and cheaper alternative to government services.

You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government process and made it simpler and easier to use for citizens.

We cant do without government, but we do need it to be more effective.

Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy.

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.

I'd shrink government in a minute, if I could shrink GM, Bank of America, and all these immoral corporations that operate by an undemocratic code, with no soul and no conscience.

The corporation is not a person; it is a legal fiction backed up by guns and police and jail cells and taxing authorities and the regulators called government.

We are in a degenerate state of self-government. In fact, even to use the words self-government, is not only an exaggeration, it's a lie. It's a big lie!

Your honor, throughout this process I've asked the government and the court to hold me and only me accountable for my actions.

Love is bigger than government.

Government cannot be your parent.

Government is connected to everything we do.

Whenever the government says, 'It's time to move on,' that means there's something they don't want you to know about.

I think that Minnesota is different because we are proving that tri-partisan government could work, that you do not need to necessarily be a Democrat or a Republican to be successful at governing.

Governments are run by people. People can be bad.

Government is like physics, you know - for every action, there's a reaction.