Government Quotes

Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.

Texas has done a very good job of securing their borders with the help of the federal government. California has done a good job.

One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due process of law and just compensation.

As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies through the mountains.

We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families.

Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill.

I guess my natural inclination is to finish what I started. We have a Conservative government in Nova Scotia. What I want to see is a Conservative government in Ottawa.

With respect to the northeastern boundary of the United States, no official correspondence between this Government and that of Great Britain has passed since that communicated to Congress toward the close of their last session.

The absence of political personalities in the government will help rather than hinder a solid base of support for the government in parliament and in the political parties because it will remove one ground for disagreement.

It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.

In fact, it is often times a detriment for the Government to preemptively legislate on an issue before we can either define it or grasp its impact.

We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive.

I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government meet only to go through the tedious motions of reading speeches, drafted by others, with the principal objective of not rocking the boat.

Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner.

In addition to removing our democratically elected government, Israel wants to sow dissent among Palestinians by claiming that there is a serious leadership rivalry among us. I am compelled to dispel this notion definitively.

What I object to the current government intervention in so-called 'solving the crisis', they haven't solved anything. They've just postponed it.

The president said nothing about the views of government in regard to the possibility of Carolinas seceding. This however was frequently spoken of by other statesmen at the North. I think they were unanimous in this, that no army would be sent here.

So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.

No matter what your religion, you should try to become a government program, for then you will have everlasting life.

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.

Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling.

It's the federal government's job to secure the border.

Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government.

Well, now, and there's - for every dollar the federal government spends, there's real people on the other side, and so when we talk about reductions that are going to affect providers, that's going to affect hospitals and doctors and others.

People can change the volume, the location and the composition of their income, and they can do so in response to changes in government policies.

Government is essentially immoral.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Judicial review has been a part of our democracy in this constitutional government for over 200 years.

Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and high taxes.