Government Quotes
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In the government's eyes, the Branch Davidians were a threat.
Malcolm Gladwell
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The concept of minimum wage is crazy, if you really stop to think about it. If $8 an hour seems right, why not $20 an hour? If it's coming by order of the government, why stop at any level? Why not just say everyone should get what Gates gets?
Malcolm Wallop
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That is what we know how to do better than anyone else: We know how to maximize value for our projects. If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should approach me. No problem.
Dan Gertler
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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
Madeleine Albright
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We're facing a natural disaster in the middle of an economic disaster. The federal government has to balance its budget the way our families do.
Nan Hayworth
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Hard work and education will take you farther than any government program can ever promise.
Mia Love
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Schools and colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for the Government.
Mahatma Gandhi
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For decades, our differences with Iran meant that our governments almost never spoke to each other. Ultimately, that did not advance America's interests.
Barack Obama
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Our government should not be spying on the electronic communications of American citizens. Nor should our iPhones or Android devices be subject to unreasonable searches and seizures.
Gary Johnson
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I think governments can't do much.
Dalai Lama
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No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins 'we the people', not 'us the government'.
Cal Thomas
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I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.
Harold MacMillan
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God loves America. When you consider what He went through to bring our forbearers to this magnificent land, and when you realize what He accomplished in bringing forth a new nation on this continent - a government founded on Christian principles...you have to realize that He had a dramatic vision and purpose for this nation.
D. James Kennedy
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Formerly government was the responsibility of people; now people were the responsibility of government.
Garet Garrett
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I don't run a woman government. I run a government of people.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense.
Richard Scaife
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The federal government spends millions to run the Postal Service. I could lose your mail for half of that.
Pat Paulsen
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Hamid Gul is an actor who is definitely not in our good books. Hamid Gul is somebody who was never appreciated by our government.
Asif Ali Zardari
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Today the devil as a wolf in supposedly a new suit of sheep’s clothing is enticing some men to parrot his line by advocating planned government guaranteed security at the expense of our liberties.
Ezra Taft Benson
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I have written to Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, asking him to consider 'staggered office timings' for government offices, which will help in decongesting road traffic during peak hours.
Veerappa Moily
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Captaining the government of a nation is a bit more exacting than captain of a football team. I know for I've done both.
John Curtin
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People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.
Oscar Wilde
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If you are born into a family below the national median income, we provide you with an additional $500, and for every contribution made to a child's account below the national median income, we match it dollar for dollar - the federal government will.
Harold Ford, Jr.
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But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden to us, and only after that government refused to do that did we invade.
Barney Frank