Government Quotes

War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters.

There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.

We are all in this together. We want to have, I suppose, a single point of entry so that anyone coming near a disability service can get a very complete picture. Government needs to understand that picture, and we need to be able to offer somebody a one-stop shop.

In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government.

I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important to America's role as a light among nations. But there are no values that matter to me that will not be gravely endangered if we lose this war.

The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit.

The FBI has always supported big business and big government.

Whenever I tour my district and I ask small businesspeople 'what can I do to help?,' they tell me to just get government out of the way and they'll create the jobs and grow on their own.

It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

I want to assure you that working in transition period is an ungrateful job for any honest government.

I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.

Every country has the government it deserves.

No, if there is an aspect of the executive branch of the government that needs looking at, I'm liable to be called in to look at it. But I'm not the only one.

I don't know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them.

Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

Thankfully, due to the United Kingdom and the commitment of the Westminster government we are able to ensure that money brought in, whether it be from the City of London or from North Sea oil, can be pooled and directed to wherever it is needed most. That is what being in the United Kingdom is all about.

When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group.

Instead, there were a variety of controls of which some could be influenced by bankers, some could be influenced by the government, and some could hardly be influenced by either.

I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government.

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge.

The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.

I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't subsidize proselytizing or worship or religious activity. It can't.

Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts.

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.

Let's be honest about this; the liberal agenda with failed stimulus plans and government entitlement programs is crippling our economy and our quality of life.