Government Quotes
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The American people have come to rely on the government for their security. They will find out how incompetent the government is when they no longer have security.
James Cook -
Liberals fostered the subsidies that have converted so many citizens to helplessness. They have made high taxes and big government a way of life. They have corrupted the politicians into believing that in order to be elected to office, they must dispense benefits.
James Cook
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Chairman Mao once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. He was only partly right: power that comes from the barrel of a gun can be effective only for a short time. In the end, peoples love for truth, justice, freedom, and democracy will triumph. No matter what governments do, the human spirit will always prevail.
Dalai Lama -
It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Abraham Lincoln -
I want to hold government accountable and help create a more efficient and effective government.
Gina Raimondo -
When government tries to make people more equal, it makes them more unequal.
James Cook -
It's a rare human being who understands intellectually and emotionally the freedoms contained within our Constitution and the right of every human being to make decisions about their own lives consistent with their own conscience and without the interference of government.
Geoffrey Fieger -
And if you like socialized medicine, you will love this government bureaucracy under [then-Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee] Al Gore that will actually cost seniors who get $500 a year in prescription drugs right now - it will end up costing seniors more money and take away control from those seniors.
J. D. Hayworth
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What the government is proposing is unacceptable, ... There's no basis for our party to express confidence in this government.
Jack Layton -
I submit to you that even today, as tough as things seem, it is much better to be us than them, ... Why do I say this? First, they have no plan. Second, if they ever announce one it will be consistent with their philosophy of bigger and bigger government and higher and higher taxes.
Dennis Hastert -
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 -
It will take some time before a fully-fledged government, equivalent to that of a normal nation state, can be established ... The signs are, however, more hopeful than they were.
Jack Straw -
I don't agree with that decision because I don't think by Saturday we will have a new (Palestinian) government.
Javier Solana -
It would be contrary to the spirit of the American Government to use force to subjugate the South.
William H. Seward
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My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.
Barack Obama -
I've still got a lot to learn about Washington. Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.
Bill Vaughan -
One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.
Lee Iacocca -
I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me
Andrew Cuomo -
According to government ethics rules ... it is permissible for a retired (Fed) governor to speak in public about the economy so long as he or she does not divulge confidential information. I have no indication that he has violated that rule.
Ben Bernanke -
Stephen Harper, who's the prime minister of Canada, he is saying that this - we have to give him a majority government, otherwise there will be a Separatist coalition. And he says it every minute.
Rick Mercer
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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
William Jennings Bryan -
One has to act with respect, just as with any sovereign government
Igor Ivanov -
I'm a parent, and I regulate what my kids listen to. I don't need the government to be the parent. If I'm a crappy parent, then I need the government involved.
Howard Stern -
I introduced the Transparency in Government Act, a multi-faceted transparency bill that would bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal government.
Mike Quigley