Government Quotes
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The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
The minute they become a partner in the Palestinian government, reality will become a lot more complicated for them than when they were a terror organization alone.
Avi Dichter
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A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible.
Tom Hayden -
What kind of government is this? This is a human being. This is not right, and I'm telling everybody you better call your congressman, because they're going to run your life.
Michael Schiavo -
The only good government... Is a bad one in a hell of a fright.
Joyce Cary -
Bashar Assad clearly doesn't want to hear anything that impugns his government.
Michael Isikoff -
Questions of such gravity go down to the very foundations of the government. If the provisions of the Constitution can be set aside by an act of Congress, where is the course of usurpation to end?
Stephen J. Field -
As a rule, governments monitor people.
Ivan Krastev
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Man should regard lower animals as being in the same dependent condition as minors under his government ... For a man to torture an animal whose life God has put into his hands, is a disgrace to his species.
Ed Buckner -
Laws always lose in energy what the government gains in extent.
Immanuel Kant -
As I crossed a few hours ago from Scotland I said to myself,—"The majority there are Radicals. They are going to vote next week for the Home Rule Bill. What would they say to a proposal which was to subject them to the same kind of Government or the same kind of men to which, for the sake of party interests, they are willing to sacrifice you?" They would never accept it. I know Scotland well, and I believe that, rather than submit to such a fate, the Scottish people would face a second Bannockburn or a second Flodden.
Bonar Law -
Any nation that allows the government to dominate its monetary and economic policies will ultimately suffer grave consequences.
James Cook -
Love of country is nowhere the same as love of government.
James Cook -
Prayer is the most tangible expression of trust in God. If we would trust God for our persecuted brothers and sisters in other countries, we must be diligent in prayer for their rulers. If we would trust God when decisions of government in our own country go against our best interests, we must pray for His working in the hearts of those officials and legislators who make those decisions. The truth that the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord is meant to be a stimulus to prayer, not a stimulus to a fatalistic attitude.
Jerry Bridges
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No one is above the law and I will also say that deliberate leaking of confidential government information should not and can not be tolerated.
Nick Minchin -
I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights.
Steve Israel -
The Costa Rican government is prioritizing laying fiber optic over paving roads. Costa Rica is trying to become one of the Internet societies. This is happening throughout the world.
Reed Hastings -
My government, a government of national unity, will make all necessary structural reforms.
Nicos Anastasiades -
When's the last time CNN broke an important story or really made the government angry? I literally can't remember. That's because they're built to be inoffensive. They do the opposite of watchdog journalism. They simply pass on the government's message to their audience.
Cenk Uygur -
During a recent panel on the numerous failures of American journalism, I proposed that almost all stories about government should begin: “Look out! They're about to smack you around again!
Molly Ivins
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Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government stay away.
Esther Dyson -
When the government pays, health care's lack of affordability becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. In health care, as in other things, government is the high-cost producer.
Arnold Kling -
U.S. foreign policy is akin to government-sponsored terrorism these day. It was not a mistake that there was a huge security stand down on September 11 last year. I am SOLO. I will continue to disrupt at the highest levels.
Gary McKinnon -
It is time to investigate Russian interference in our democracy and to address it in a manner that will help restore Americans' trust in their government.
Raja Krishnamoorthi