Quotes About Government

You can't have good laws if you don't have good armed forces.

I do see your point, but to me, I'm just a mouse compared to the President of the United States.

Bottom line: government shouldn't be a bottleneck for entrepreneurs looking to design a better mousetrap.

In our administration, we're going to follow the law, and any policy that we move forward will fall well within the law and the Arizona Constitution.

If the government shuts down, nothing happens, and we all move on, because it just doesn't matter. Stasis in the government is actually good for all of us.

But if they want to really think about the fiscal future of this country, then think about how we have moved from hundreds of billions of surpluses to hundreds of billions of deficits.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

The Democrats tax anything that moves.

We often get impeachment inquiries or moves for impeachment inquiries on one president or another, and it doesn't go anywhere.

I find that America is moving toward a certain type of government that everybody else is moving away from, and I find that very upsetting to me.

A limited government is much more likely to be a competent government.

Historically, Congress hasn't paid much attention to the confines the Constitution establishes.

In the 21st century, government efforts should focus on 'multiculturalism', including the diversity of languages.

In an economy, when the government spends more and invests in the economy, that money circulates, and recirculates again and again. So not only does it create jobs once: the investment creates jobs multiple times.

I have saved $1,638,580 over my four years. That may not seem like a lot, faced with our deficit, but multiply it by 435 members of the House - and then the senators get three times as much - and you are adding up several millions in savings.

My dad was a civil servant, and my mum was a secretary.

Whether we realize it or not, we benefit from the work of public-sector employees and our state, county and municipal governments every day.

Obama had the wherewithal to muscle through an entire health care reorganization, right? Like it, don't like it, whatever.

The Law and Justice government does not want a bunch of foreign historians to decide what goes on in 'their' museum.

If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.

With cab drivers, I always say I'm from Brazil. I don't say I'm from Israel. It's happened more than once that someone is blaming me for the government's policy. And I say, 'Listen, I live here. I'm a musician. I don't call the shots.'

The government should stop emphasizing difference and engage with Muslims as citizens, not through their religious identity.

Government policies to improve engagement with Muslims make things worse.

Being a defense hawk and a budget hawk are not mutually exclusive.