Government Quotes
We never pray against our government or call down curses on them. Instead, we have learned that God is in control both of our own lives and the government we live under. God has used China's government for His own purposes, molding and shaping His children as He sees fit. Instead of focusing our prayers against any political system, we pray that regardless of what happens to us, we will be pleasing to God.
Brother Yun
Constitutional democracy has created astonishing and apparently irreversible social progress. All we're interested in is talking about when government doesn't work.
Tony Kushner
The best way for the Government to maintain its credit is to pay as it goes-not by resorting to loans, but by keeping out of debt-through an adequate income secured by a system of taxation, external or internal, or both.
William McKinley
We're under pressure because we haven't reached the point where we can form a stable government yet.
Ehud Olmert
Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make.
Mitch Daniels
Fannie and Freddie are creations of government. They were given a huge leg up over their competitors.
Nancy Pfotenhauer
What makes [cyber security] difficult is because it's not just a government problem. It is a private sector and government problem. And there's gotta be a lot more cooperation.
Barack Obama
When asked if I miss being in government, I usually try to lighten the moment by responding that I awake most days, read the paper, and then observe that, 'It's yet another great day to be the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency.'
Michael Hayden
The ultimate sophistication of subversion is to take over the government, not by unlawful but by lawful means.
Brian Crozier
A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible.
Tom Hayden
The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.
Fisher Ames
God is in charge, and alone sits as the ultimate government over His creation. All other governments are then to reflect His ultimate rule.
Tony Evans
People who don't know any better will always be in the dark because the power lies in the hands of men who take good care that ordinary folk don't understand, in the hands, that is, of the government, of the clerical party, of the capitalists.
Cesare Pavese
The freedom of a government does not depend on the quality of its laws, but upon the power that has the right to create them.
Thaddeus Stevens
We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we adjudicate disputes, defend our rights, and provide for certain common needs ... A state on the other hand, is a coercive organization asserting or enjoying a monopoly over the use of physical force in some geographic area and exercising power over its subjects.
David Boaz
So I don't think the government or the authorities could be faulted if these warrants of arrest will be served.
Eduardo Ermita
The Australian government is working closely with industry to target the skilled migration programme to help meet the needs of the states and regions, including regional and rural Victoria.
Amanda Vanstone
I've always been about less government.
Kelly Clarkson
