Government Quotes

Venezuelans have a deep democratic conviction. If the government hotheads ventured out to stir violence they would encounter the armed forces. I don't believe the armed forces respond to a political party.

To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies.

Macau has been steady. The shocking, unexpected government is the one in Washington.

It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution.

Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners.

No salesman can ever guarantee you a grant from any government or non-profit organization.

The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government.

If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based in some religious code.

This President takes his inspiration from the capitals of Europe; we look to the cities and small towns of America. This President puts his faith in government. We put our faith in the American people.

A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.

We now have a political process, we've had a period of parties that have been fighting each other quite literally with bombs and bullets, talking to each other, and having sat together in the assembly and sharing government with each other.

The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more.

Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.

You can't have it both ways. You can't tell me that you're taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say, 'Bring me home some bacon.' The pig has been picked clean.

I explain this not for publicity, nor seeking to win an argument of right or wrong, I explain so that the record is clear as to my thinking and motivations in bombing a government installation.

The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government.

When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government.

Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.

Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty.

Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it.

What's wrong is that we are not participating to make this the type of government it needs to be.

I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?

I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me.

We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people.

The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.

Christian conservatives care about their families eating. They're concerned about energy independence. They're concerned about functional government.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

I can recall back in 1998, in August of that year, when we had a horrible disaster along the Mexican border in the town of Del Rio. At the time, FEMA was the shining star of the federal government. It's now perceived as many to be the dullest knife in the drawer. Right or wrong, that's the perception.

I've experienced first-hand the wonderful work organizations like J Bar J do for young people in Central Oregon and I am encouraged that the federal government is taking an active role in the Cascade Youth and Family Center.