Government Quotes
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These modern means of communication are one reason why I recently opposed the Government's decision to grant MPs a new communications allowance. With new technology giving us the opportunity to communicate directly with voters very cheaply, why did Labour MPs vote for a £10,000 allowance to tell voters what a good job they do?
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A hated government does not long survive.
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Unfortunately, there's a lot of people in high places who understand the science but don't like where the policy leads them: too much government control.
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I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'
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I am a true constitutionalist, and whether it is our state's rights, personal property rights or the right to bear arms, the federal government will know if they come to Michigan trying to trample our rights, it will have a fight on its hands under a Bouchard administration.
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I never imagined I'd be working with government, or military or politicians or big companies. None of this stuff I'm doing was on any business plan anywhere ever.
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Do not fear or misunderstand when the Government say they are looking to our defences. I give you my word that there will be no great armaments.
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I am from an F.D.R. liberal-Democratic family. With proximity to government, I have become more libertarian.
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By sending Lenin to Russia our German Government had, moreover, assumed a great responsibility. From a miliaty point of view his journey was justified, for Russia had to be laid low. But our Government should have seen to it that we also were not involved in her fall. The events in Russia gave me no cause for complete satisfaction. They considerably eased the military situation, but elements of the greatest danger still remained.
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We are deeply pleased that the government has agreed to the smooth implementation of the cease-fire agreement.
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For the past 15 years or so, British governments have tried to persuade the rest of us that the best judges of the national interest are...businessmen. This may be a ridiculous statement, but - ominously - fewer and fewer people laugh at it.
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Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory.
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The Commerce Clause has already been inflated so much that we basically can't do anything without the government's permission.
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Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?
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Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.
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It is amazing how many people seem to think that the government exists to turn their prejudices into law.
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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.
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We have long suspected that the faceless organisations that run our world - be it the church, multinational conglomerates or the government - keep things from us.
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You can't say you love your country and hate your government.
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The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
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The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people.
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The government has agreed to implement a clause in the agreement in relation to the paramilitary groups. This is a good sign.
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The natural state of our economy is prosperity. Freedom guarantees that. The only force capable of undermining it is government.
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No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government.
