Government Quotes

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.

We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.

I believe in the Constitution. The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.

Republicans should simply focus on first principles and give the American people what they want - an honest party dedicated to common sense, fiscal responsibility and limited government. If we govern to save the country, we'll do well as a party.

The supply of government exceeds demand.

I went to government for making these changes. I remember a number of guys among these important figures.

I'm not an anarchist. I believe in government.

Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.

As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

We wait here to meet the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam to discuss together a ceremony of orderly transfer of power so as to avoid any unnecessary bloodshed in the population.

Before the trip began we mapped out three primary goals: 1) to see and meet with our American troops, and thank them for their bravery and sacrifice; 2) to assess the security situation in Iraq; and 3) to give our support to Iraq's national unity government.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

All our rights are gradually eroded as government gets bigger.

Senior development specialists in the Treasury can be counted on one hand. America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that would be needed to meet the commitments.

We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

Government spending is taxation. When you look at this, I've never heard of a poor person spending himself into prosperity; let alone I've never heard of a poor person taxing himself into prosperity.