Quotes About Government

Looking at these issues as a businessman, I believe that investing in the world's poorest people is the smartest way that our government spends money.

The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff.

Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed.

All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury.

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation

Global warming experts are saying that sea levels could rise 20 feet. Apparently their strategy for surviving this is to stand on top of a pile of government research grant money.

And you can't have a prosperous economy when the government is way overspending, raising tax rates, printing too much money, over regulating and restricting free trade. It just can't be done.

People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.

The legislation of the government has been directed rather to the protection of the rights of money and property than to the best good of the citizen.

A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money.

Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money to defraud and plunder the people.

When business accepts help from the government, it can be like going to bed with a hippopotamus. It's nice and warm for the moment, but then your bedmate rolls over and crushes you.

Federal government shutdowns are unsettling, because you realize how little you depend on it compared to the money you give in taxes.

You have to have a government that does give both money and energy to function in a leadership role modeling giving for the people. Government is supposed to lead by example in many cases.

Washington is dominated by big money.

Vote for me. I'll use my office to take another American's money and give it to you.

Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

The history of paper money is an account of abuse, mismanagement, and financial disaster.

A politician who commends himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to do good with other peoples' money.

We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.

The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative opportunity.

My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep.