Government Quotes

And in terms of their crown jewel legislative achievement: who knew that when asked, 'will government impose a new federal mandate requiring middle class Americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not?' The answer would be 'Yes we can!'

She is the first head of government in history to give a whole country its second childhood.

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

I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.

But our energy woes are in many ways the result of classic market failures that can only be addressed through collective action, and government is the vehicle for collective action in a democracy.

I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.

We should not blur the lines between legal and illegal immigrants. Millions of people around the world have gone through the process to come here legally and they followed the rules that required them to pay a fee, learn English, and learn about American history and government.

Somewhere along the line, the actions of this government are the actions of me.

Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.

We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our reforms protect middle class taxpayers.

The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.

For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government.

The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.

But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests.That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.

It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina.

You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play.

Aggression is simply another name for government.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

In March of 1933 we witnessed a revolution in manner, in mores, in the definition of government. What before had been black or white sprang alive with color.

Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts.

Our job as a government is to start with the great underpinnings of our current economic growth - particularly defence and mining - and build on these.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.