Government Quotes

People who don't believe in government are likely to defy our government.

Standing up to your government can mean standing up for your country.

The consensual seduction of the mainstream media by and with the government is one of the most dangerous toxins at work in America today.

The government can destroy wealth but it cannot create wealth, which is the product of labor and management working with creation.

The Founding Fathers set up a system that heavily relied upon self-reliance and competition, with only a small dose of government intrusion.

With four of the top ten most violent cities in America, Michigan will never fully flourish unless our governments can fulfill their basic task: protecting public safety.

I've still got a lot to learn about Washington. Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.

I ran the high school newspaper and was in student government. I played sports my whole life but was never picked as captain.

Let us not rush into a vast expansion of government power in a misguided attempt to protect freedom. In doing so, we will inevitably erode the very freedom we seek to protect.

Memo to Congress: America's problem is not that government is too small. It's the spending, stupid!

A government that seizes control of the economy for the good of the people ends up seizing control of the people for the good of the economy

When I was quite young, I put my trust in God--not government; and I never get the two confused.

Johnny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement Thinking 'bout the government.

One of the features of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings was [that] she [ Elizabeth II] would have a meeting with each of them. You'd have an allotted time.

People want results. I call it 'results oriented conservatism,' R.O.C. because that's what people want out of government.

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.

Think well of yourself and others will too. Unless those others are in government, banking, or show business.

Government is just spending too much money.

Well the first order of government is to preserve the public order and safety.

Higher taxes still does not create prosperity for all. And, more government still does not grow jobs.

We don't measure our people's success in how they're doing in government. We measure how they are doing in the real world and the private sector economy.

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.

Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics

I froze, shocked. (And don't try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)

The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.

If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults.

As long as I am running this Government I will run the Government as I see fit... as I believe in, based on my philosophy.

There are so many demands on your time, on your resources, and on the prestige of the government.

We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it the priority and we sustained it with the money required to make it happen.

Obviously, we will respond to the concerns of any member of Congress. The government of Uzbekistan has been a good partner in the war on terrorism.

I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government.

I arose and spoke substantially as follows: ... I love the government and the constitution of the United States, but I do not love the damned rascals who administer the government.

Democrats will play the old Washington game of calling reductions in the rate of growth of spending for any program a 'cut'.

It's not up to the government to regulate everybody's life and lifestyle.

Take the government away. Let the parents take care of their kids.

Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

But even the Four Horsemen of Kidporn, Dope Dealers, Mafia and Terrorists don't worry me as much as totalitarian governments. It's been a long century, and we've had enough of them.

Competence doesn't seem like a big deal until you are forced to realize that your own government has none.

It's a bit questionable whether Turkey is a model country or not, since our government is supporting ISIS in Syria, since there are legislations that are not in line with democratic rules.

Astronauts working for the government will always need to be either pilots or mission specialists. Those who want to be pilots should have military experience - ideally, a test pilot background.

The government needs a role in carrying out exploration. They will be leading the development of the engines that are needed, and the private sector will take advantage of those.

I can describe, and I've always been able to describe, what Republicans stand for in eight words, and the eight words are lower taxes, less government, strong defense and family values.

Government aid impedes success and creates dependence, while entrepreneurs create success and independence.

If taxpayers want to keep more of the money they earn, they must also work to become less dependent on a government check. We look to government too often and to ourselves not enough.

One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.

One insidious practice which sugar-coats the dose of Federal intrusion is the division of expense . . .

For me, the Profumo affair symbolizes the evanescence of male government compared to women's cosmic power.

government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior.

Liberalism defines government as tyrant father but demands it behave as nurturant mother.

Otherwise we don't run the government the government runs us