Government Quotes

Under my plan, the state will be there to carry out the will of the people, not to dictate to them or to force them to do its will.

Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.

Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and our country.

The gardener plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see: and shall not a public man plant laws, institutions, government, in short, under the same conditions?

We should never forget the government should be held accountable for providing services.

Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.

My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.

If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too.

In South America, the government of Peru goes door to door pressuring women to be sterilized and they are funded by American tax dollars to do this

Don't any of you realize there's only one life between that madman and the Presidency?

Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside enemy.

Kanye West hasn't really done anything worthwhile-- except maybe musically, I haven't heard him. But he hasn't overthrown the government.

To expect the government to save you is to be a bystander in your own fate.

I will walk on no grave of Ulster's honoured dead to do a deal with the IRA or the British government.

The government has to be on the side of the people if the corporations take too much power.

Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth

Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other time.

Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes.

What would happen if we financed somebody in the U.S. to destabilize the government of George W. Bush? They would go to prison, certainly.

The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door.

The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the community at large.

Sickness, sin, and death, being inharmonious, do not originate in God nor belong to His government.

I don't see the government as a beverage vending machine, where anyone who happens to be thirsty can grab a drink.

Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.

Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their country and respect their government.

In the liberal imagination, the money is the government's by default, and the president and Congress determine through the tax code how much to give back to the people.

So if there is a government grant offered for anything, like starting a business or going to school, they cannot discriminate because of your age.

In practice, US officials seem to know better than to indulge in the patriotic myth that our constitution is the greatest system of government ever devised.

And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are the same self-interested sorts Jesus threw out of the temple.

All good government must begin at home.

A rather honored guest of the Cuban government, so I wouldn't experience the problems. I think it would take a black Cuban to really articulate this because I'm being treated in a very generous way.

I think that you hear more opposition to the government in Venezuela than you would here in the United States. That's in the TV, in the radio and in the print media.

In government and out, there are vast realms of the bureaucracy dedicated to seeking more information, in perpetuity if need be, in order to avoid taking action.

[W]e're taught that if one person kills another person, that is murder; but if a government kills a hundred thousand persons, that is patriotism.

Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.

Hard work and education will take you farther than any government program can ever promise.

Marriage partners, not government, should define the terms and spiritual orientation of their union in accordance with our nation's guarantee of religious freedom.

We see government's mission as fostering and enabling the important realms - our businesses, service clubs, Little Leagues, churches - to flourish.

An awareness of the need for some kind of global government is gaining ground, one in which all members of the world community would take part.

Businessmen are notable for a peculiarly stalwart character, which enables them to enjoy without loss of self-reliance the benefits of tariffs, franchises, and even outright government subsidies.

All progress and growth is a matter of change, but change must be growth within our social and government concepts if it should not destroy them.

A new world order is taking shape so fast that governments as well as private citizens find it difficult just to absorb the gallop of events.

We must not be misled by the claim that the source of all wisdom is in the government.

The government in Russia does not tell me what to do with my assets.

I think almost every economist would agree that government gets itself in trouble when it tries to interfere with voluntary behavior.

How can thinking people believe that a government that cannot deliver the mail can deliver gas better than Exxon, Mobil, Texaco, Gulf, and the rest?

One of the reasons that I am in favor of less government is because when you have more government, industrialists take it over.

What...can the government do to help the poor? The only answer is the libertarian answer: Get out of the way.

A new State of Israel with broad frontiers, strong and solid, with the authority of the Israel Government extending from the Jordan to the Suez Canal.

Fundamentalist governments and organizations endanger stability in the world.