Government Quotes

We need to consider that only a small amount of the public vote for the mayor of a city. It's because they are disgusted and don't trust the government.

Now let's get talking: reefer madness. Like some arrogant government can't, By any stretch of the imagination, outlaw a plant.

We can't have self-government without the self-confidence that is at the root of it.

There's never a recession if you work for the government.

To promote the sales of GM vehicles, Obama says the government will stand by your GM car warranty. And all the taxpayers will get a lube job.

Whenever you come across a screw-up this big, you know the government is behind it.

Anyplace market forces have been artificially removed by the government there is a total absence of incentives, competition, effective oversight, cost controls and so on.

I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.

The difference between government and leadership is that leadership has a soul.

the separation of church and state grew out of a desire, not so much to protect government from religion, but to protect religion from government.

Who knows what the hell a government is or what the hell a government does.

I think the U.S. is falling behind. There's massive government initiatives going around the world and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics.

All prejudices are equally fatal to good government.

I think we are realising that governments can't govern us any more.

Very serious mistakes were made by previous governments, and Greece was ready to be abandoned by its partners and to leave the eurozone, which would have created total catastrophe.

corporate America corrupted the watchdogs that were supposed to be guarding the public interest by feeding them under the table.

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.

Constitutional provisions are not barriers to government misconduct. At best, they can be speed bumps.

Combating climate change requires collaboration with many levels of government.

We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.

I have rarely seen the government do anything that was effective.

If you like the post office and the Department of Motor Vehicles and you think they're run well, just wait till you see Medicare, Medicaid and health care done by the government.

There ought to be a better way than government to run the world.

The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.

No British Government ever will and ever can risk the bones of a British grenadier.

The minute they become a partner in the Palestinian government, reality will become a lot more complicated for them than when they were a terror organization alone.

I am no proponent of a theocracy. I am a secularist. I want an independent Iraqi government, not a lackey of Tehran.

All public projects are mausoleums, not always in shapes, but always in cost.

If your government had given me a thousandth of the sum it spent to depose me, I could have won that war.

Keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. Keeping vital service running and hundreds of thousands of Americans on the job is not something you 'give' to the other side.

Obama said if elected his government would "harness technology to confront the biggest challenges that America faces".

I think the irony ... is that I actually would like to see a relatively light touch when it comes to the government.

The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed. And we should take heart, because we’ve changed this country before.

What Reagan ushered in was a skepticism toward government solutions to every problem. I don't think that has changed

Our government shouldn't make promises we cannot keep, but we must keep the promises we've already made.

One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again.

The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails.

I don't want to jump the gun, [but] I will tell you, though, that my goal is to have the best possible government.

For decades, our differences with Iran meant that our governments almost never spoke to each other. Ultimately, that did not advance America's interests.

Health care has become a proxy for a broader set of issues about how much government should be involved in our economy, particularly coming off a huge economic crisis.

You don't take it personally. You understand that if people are angry that somehow the government is failing, then they are going to look to the guy who represents government.

I think I will still feel that same appreciation for what [Winston] Churchill and others have said is the worst form of government except all the alternatives.

As president, I decided that a strong, confident America could advance our national security by engaging directly with the Iranian government. We've seen the results.

What makes [cyber security] difficult is because it's not just a government problem. It is a private sector and government problem. And there's gotta be a lot more cooperation.

We shouldn't assume that government is always trying to do the wrong thing.

The United States government, in figuring our gross national product, defines 'durable goods' as anything that will last three years.

The stakes ... are too high for government to be a spectator sport.

If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.

Confronted by menace, or what is perceived as menace, governments will usually attempt to smash it, rarely to examine it, understand it, define it.

[Democrats] are trying on every front to increase the role of government.