Government Quotes

The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism.

You know that big government doesn't hurt big corporations. They've got the best lawyers and accountants in the world. You know who gets destroyed by big government? It's the little guys.

I also said, men are like curling irons, they never get out of your hair. And they are like government bonds, they take so long to mature.

The need for improved technical support in schools has expanded as the Government and schools have increased their investment in information and communications technologies.

When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity; it was as if the whole nation had burst into splendid flower.

The universities have got a job here as well in making sure that people actually understand that we're open for university students coming into the U.K. There's a job here not just for the government, I think there's a job for the universities as well to make sure that people know that we are open.

No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage.

If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief.

There's a big difference between the role of an academic and the role of someone in government. That's a cliche, but in academic life if you say things that are common sense and people nod their heads, it's not very useful. You're not adding anything.

We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, which will not through a whole range of economic development, regional development corporate subsidization programs.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.

It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.

Fiscal responsibility and government reform are going to be good themes for governing, well at any time, but particularly coming out of a recovery.

This is not about being liberal. This is not about being conservative. This is about making sure our government works for all Americans.

People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always set you free.

We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent.

Tell the Government, our people shall not starve.

The future of healthcare security should include flexibility from the federal government to allow us to serve the state's most vulnerable citizens.

I leave it up to the government to make good decisions for Americans.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience.

Blest is that government where no art thrives.

I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan and work for peace in Pakistan, together.

The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online.

Beginning with the stimulus, Obama has repeatedly inserted the government into the free market for political reasons - and with disastrous results.

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?

As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you're screwed.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.