Government Quotes
If you're going to pick a book and you want to base a system of government around it, why not 'Harry Potter?'
The proper and limited use of government is to invoke a common justice and keep the peace - and that is all.
What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a different face, if used by a government determined to suppress political opposition under the guise of sedition.
The more money spent by government to address social injustice the greater the cries of social injustice.
When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving.
I have confidence that the government of Luxembourg will not make any decision that frustrates this transaction.
My principles in respect of religious interest are two,--one is, that the Church shall not meddle with politics, and the government shall not meddle with religion.
Politicians need human misery. ... Government's a disease masquerading as its own cure.
The function of government is to provide you with service; the function of the media is to supply the Vaseline.
Global climate change is real. The legislative branch of our government is our last line of defense against pollution which is why I am so grateful to have the NRDC making our voice heard.
The fight against HIV/AIDS requires leadership from all parts of government - and it needs to go right to the top. AIDS is far more than a health crisis. It is a threat to development itself.
A world government can intervene militarily in the internal affairs of any nation when it disapproves of their activities.
There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community.
I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nations faith in its elected leaders.
Economic and social misery increases in direct proportion to the size and power of the central government of a nation or state.
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.
Sure, President Bush can say that the U.S. government won't fund stem cell research, but believe me, Japan is applauding. Because they will just do it first and get all the patents.
Job creation requires a business friendly environment with a tax structure that is not punitive and a state government designed for efficient use of fewer tax dollars.
We often have an exaggerated sense of what nonprofits and governments are doing to help the poor, but the really inspiring thing is how much the poor are doing to help themselves.
The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior of those who are not, so long he is the repository of power.
In the Soviet Union you weren't allowed to speak out against the government. In the US you cannot speak out against sponsors.
I also said, men are like curling irons, they never get out of your hair. And they are like government bonds, they take so long to mature.
After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests.
I will set a target for the reduction of (government) employees ... I will implement the reduction of the total personnel costs of the employees.
The Gillard government must give up its addiction to wasteful spending borrowing and taxing.
The strongest initiative that government can take to ensure Australia is prepared for population ageing, is to maintain a strong economy, and a secure nation.
Government has ceased to mean upholding and reinforcing the traditional rights and morals of the governed; it now means compulsion in the service of social engineering.
Too many voters are already bought -- not by corporate campaign donors, but by the government itself.
The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions.
I tend to think having an impact on the world is a lot more complicated than government.
Government mitigates the inequality of power, and makes an innocent man, though of the lowest rank, a match for the mightiest of his fellow-subjects.
The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it.
If President Obama really wants to hurt the Syrian government, don't send cruise missiles. He should send over some of his economic advisers.
The Pledge clearly acknowledges the fact that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government.
As I have tried to show, science, in producing the airplane and the wireless, has created a new international political environment to which governments must adjust their foreign policies.
Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government.
