Government Quotes

In my opinion, the form of Government may be different in different countries, according to their circumstances, their wishes, their wants. England loves her Queen, and has full motive to do so.

I have to thank the people, Congress and Government of the United States, for my liberation from captivity.

Americans are sick of the idea of the government taking over everything and trying to run it. We don't know how to run a bank, a car company.

Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights.

Governments and the military purport to protect the public from enemies, and if there were no enemies they would have to invent some, for the simple purpose of rationalizing their existence.

Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.

When a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion,--or, in other words, when his HOBBY-HORSE grows head- strong,--farewell cool reason and fair discretion.

When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.

You can't have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government.

Not only did he [Dean Acheson] not suffer fools gladly, he did not suffer them at all.

I believe the test of government is the contentment of the people.

Civil society has not lost the possibility to influence the government and force them to change their policy. That is why we believe in your voice and your help.

I hunted far enough to suspect that the Fathers of the Republic who wrote our Sacred Constitution of the United States not only did not, but did not want to, establish a democratic government.

The basic issue is whether the financial elite or the government on behalf of the people should have the profit from creating money.

All the stuff that makes life worth living is produced privately, and all that the government does is slow down the progress of civilization and bring destruction and disaster wherever it goes.

The way they are treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell!

My heart is bursting at the thought of Al-Mahdi coming to set up a universal government of peace.

How pale is the art of sorcerers, witches, and conjurors when compared with that of the government's Treasury Department!

Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can be advanced against further encroachments.

It is necessary to curb the power of government. This is the task of all constitutions, bills of rights and laws. This is the meaning of all struggles which men have fought for liberty.

Seen from the point of view of the particular group interests of the bureaucrats, every measure that makes the government's payroll swell is progress.

You call it a 'loophole' when the government still allows you some freedom.

Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government, but that it is also a substitute for violence or armed rebellion.

I do not consider Hitler to be as bad as he is depicted. He is showing an ability which is amazing and he seems to be gaining his victories without much bloodshed.

The nation's non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation's right and every good government's duty.

Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country.

A nonviolent system of government is clearly an impossibility so long as the wide gulf between the rich and the hungry millions persists.

We (the ANC government) have no plans to introduce the wholesale administration of these drugs in the public sector. ARVs are not a cure for Aids.

His [Donald Trump] name is on everything. He is a celebrity. But he is not a governor. He has never run government. He is a business executive.

The government can't change the weather.

America is greatest country; but not our government.

Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to abandon their beliefs.

People tend to have a government that reflects the level of consciousness of the majority of people who voted.

Government is nothing but the regulated injustice that every rascal has in his heart.

We believe in a government that is characterized by fairness and reasonableness, a reasonableness that goes beyond labels, that doesn't distort or promise to do things that we know we can't do.

In spite of muzzling the press, imprisoning thousands, and engaging in torture, kidnapping and murder, the Socialist government was still vulnerable to the accusation of being "soft on Basques.

I prefer for government to err toward less regulation, lower taxation, and free markets. And I'm a radical free trader.

What we are seeing is there is a lot of anger out there about the failure of the government to resolve the immigration crisis.

Too many people, because they were white and poor, black and rich, or just plain busy with something other than politics, have felt they had no voice in our government.

Anything that shifts power from the individual judgment of free citizens to government is a bad thing.

Unchecked, government social programs are a security threat because they weaken the ultimate line of defense: the free-born citizen whose responsibilities are not subcontracted to the government.

One lesson of Sept. 11 is that a government that tries to do everything is likely to do most of it badly.

It's up to me to promote my faith and somebody else to promote theirs. Let the government just protect our right to do so.

Government that's not particularly caring and is hands off is not particularly inspiring.

If you were starting from scratch to invent an instrument that could impose fiscal discipline, the last one on earth you would come up with is the United States government.

Show me a clever nation; then I will show you a clever government!

After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments.

We need our president to be successful because our futures are all tied to the success of America, which means America's government, which means, in essence, the president.

When I talk to teachers they tell me the things they'd most like from any government are a reduction in bureaucracy, support to help ensure good discipline and a reformed Ofsted.