Quotes About Government

Since it is necessary to grant six million Filipinos their rights, so that they may be in fact Spaniards, let the government grant these rights freely and spontaneously, without damaging reservations, without irritating mistrust.

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

The biggest problem with the national sports awards in India is that the selection committee which the government appoints every year does not have any real powers.

The Constitution provided no protection against corporations; the Constitution has a blind spot for them.

Public Service Recognition Week is a great way to spotlight the contributions state employees make in moving Louisiana forward.

There are 14 Cabinet spots, and God only knows how many hundreds of people want them.

Every state in America has an end of life directive or durable power of attorney provision. For the peace of mind of your children and your spouse as well as the comfort of knowing the government won't make these decisions, it's a very popular thing. Just not everybody's aware of it.

Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.

Cabinet spouses are not allowed to lobby other Cabinet members. It's against the rules.

You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun.

Established technology companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google have expanded their reach and influence throughout the world. And while many countries have pushed back against that spread, our government has essentially left them alone.

The SPLC pretends to oppose 'hate,' but actually spreads hate and defamation, with the support of the media and government.

The Federal appropriations process is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are at the beginning of that process.

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

It is illegal for the CIA to spy on Americans and an affront to our Republic to spy on the Senate.

As a senator, Obama denounced the Big Brother provisions of Bush's post-9/11 Patriot Act, particularly its sections enabling the state to spy on Americans without their knowledge. After taking power, Obama acquired his other face. That face speaks far less, but when it does, it justifies Bush's policies.

Spying on the prime minister of Israel and Congress has nothing to do with national security - only politics.

Have you noticed the people most likely to be up in arms about governments apparently spying on us tend to be the most non-private people you know? The people launching petitions and wailing about Big Brother and data collection are most likely to be the most constant self-presenters.

I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.

The Obama administration says we only destroy the privacy of non-Americans. That is not true. The government is spying on Americans.

Spying on our citizens? That's just wrong.

As an American, I would really like it if, just for once, Pelosi, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and 'The Squad' would focus on proposing and shepherding meaningful policy reforms for the country, wouldn't you?

I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part.

The Nisour Square shooting is a signature point in the Iraq war, one that inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad and contributed to the impression that Americans were reckless and unaccountable. The Iraqi government wanted to prosecute the security contractors in Iraq, but the American government refused to allow it.