Government Quotes

A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect.

No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people.

Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy.

No government demands so much from the citizens as democracy and none gives back so much.

There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.

Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people.

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

Once a person comes to rely on the government for support, that person becomes a socialist through and through.

I love the example of Jefferson because he's willing to murder his government and then he becomes a president and then his face is in a mountain. Just because he exercised his power.

The American people have come to rely on the government for their security. They will find out how incompetent the government is when they no longer have security.

Government charity gives the most to those who refuse to help themselves; private charity gives less.

Someone has to stay on the line and say, no, we can do this by cutting spending and reducing the size of government. That's what I was committed to doing.

Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?

A just government has no need for the clergy or the church.

I go by the great republican principle, that the people will have the virtue and intelligence to select men of virtue and wisdom [to the offices of government].

I don't want a lot of bureaucracy... I want to run state government the same way we run a campaign - efficient, effective and victorious.

I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate wherever the Government assumes a freer aspect,& the laws favor a subdivision of property.

When will government cease being a nuisance to everybody?

Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all.

A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.

A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.

Secondly, the Government of Sudan should commit to the disarmament and control of the Janjaweed militia and ensure that the targeting of civilians ceases immediately.

I'm glad the government has shut down. Think about it, for the first time in years it's safe to talk on the phone and send emails without anybody listening in.

I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.

I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that the government that we have today is not what the people want as a government.

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred

I want the people to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry.

The final solution for unemployment is work.

[A] free government . . . cannot be supported without Virtue.

There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them.

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.

All present-day governments are fanatically committed to an easy money policy.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

When is the last time government admitted it might have made a mistake and canceled a program?

If you owe $50, you're a delinquent account. If you owe $50,000, you're a small businessmen. If you owe $50 million, you're a corporation. If you owe $50 billion, you're the government.

They think democracy - I used to say "damn the democracy", because it's not a stable government.

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.

What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?

In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund of critical financial resources.

Closing the gap for women entrepreneurs should be a priority for the federal government - and yet the Small Business Administration has failed in their promise to women business owners.

In Northern Ireland, people said there would never be a solution. But once people begin to have the political will and force their governments to sit down, it can happen.

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification.

Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies?

I think that the government of [Nicolas] Maduro has argued to stage a coup in Venezuela, that this is obviously a coup against the country's democratic institutions.

Peace Corps helps promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and non-violent co-existence among people of diverse cultures and systems of government.

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

In a republican land the power behind the throne is the power.

It is not a government's obligation to provide services, but to see that they are provided.

There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed.

Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.