Government Quotes
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Feudalism, serfdom, slavery — all tyrannical institutions, are merely the most vigorous kinds of rule, springing out of, and necessary to, a bad state of man. The progress from these is in all cases the same — less government.
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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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As our federal government has grown too large and too powerful, the real loss has been the freedom of people to govern their own lives and participate fully in the American dream.
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This is government. There is no entertainment.
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That wall is a one directional wall. It keeps the government from running the church but it makes sure that Christian principles will always stay in government.
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Government central planning means over-riding other people's plans.
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Further global progress is now possible only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a new world order.
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The difference between a stable society and an unstable one is that the restraints in an unstable one are external. In a stable society government ultimately becomes unnecessary; the restraints on people's actions are internal, they're self-disciplined.
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With the change of government this matter was not further pursued and the tax deductible limit has remained at $6,000.
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There was a hateful video that was disseminated on the internet. It had nothing to do with the United States government and it's one that we find disgusting and reprehensible. It's been offensive to many, many people around the world.
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We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government.
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If the condition of Government stands still, it just makes no sense and must die, so, therefore, the improvement within that democracy must be the greater and greater equalization of rights and opportunities to the people as those people grow up.
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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.
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What patient can trust the knowledge of a physician without reputation or furniture, in a period when publicity is all-powerful and when the government gilds the lamp posts on the Place de la Concorde in order to dazzle the poor?
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The present struggle seems less about abolishing big government than about who gets to use it.
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We have pledged to be the greenest government ever. We must lead by example...We are not asking others to do things we will not do ourselves.
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Is the American tradition of self-reliance disappearing? That's a painful question for conservatives to ponder. After all, we're dedicated to reducing the role of government and promoting individual freedom and opportunity. But the facts, while sad, are clear: More Americans today depend more heavily on government than ever before.
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Now that Britain has voted to leave, I think the country deserves to have a leader who believes in Britain outside the European Union and who also has experience at the highest level of government.
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In terms of the Patriot Act, and all the other things he has pledged he would do, such as transparency in government, Barack Obama has reneged on his promises.
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Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you.
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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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If cruelty is no longer declared unlawful, but instead is applied as a matter of policy, it alters the fundamental relationship of man to government. It destroys the whole notion of individual rights. The Constitution recognizes that man has an inherent right, not bestowed by the state or laws, to personal dignity, including the right to be free of cruelty. It applies to all human beings, not just in America - even those designated as 'unlawful enemy combatants.' If you make this exception the whole Constitution crumbles.
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Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.
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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
