Quotes About Government

I think politics is too important to be left to politicians.

There's nothing worse than a celebrity trying to be funny. Unless it's a politician trying to be serious.

I don't like my politicians entertaining me and I don't like my entertainers politicianing me.

That's why I believe in a Constitution which separates church from state. I've seen what happens when they get in cahoots.

The Afghan government is as corrupt as a prostitute with a law degree.

They became actual revolutions instead of mere discussions, complaints and rioting, only after revolutionists had beaten, or won over, the armed forces of the government

It's not that the government made us do it; you can't think that way," John said. "They made us not ask questions, they told us what to think, but also, we did it.

The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can.

Every dollar I can't commit to my company that's paid in taxes is paying a government that I believe is too big and doing way too much that I don't want done.

I don't have any problem with government helping entrepreneurs and businesses.

The situation in the United States is becoming more dire for average ordinary Americans and the last thing we need to do is to spend money on death, destruction and war.

The other was until a fortnight ago in the occupation of a liaison officer from the Ministry of Manpower, when the Treasury in its wisdom decided that co-operation with other branches of the Government was a luxury that could not be tolerated in time of war.

It is hideous to contemplate such things occurring in a department under my control," he said. "But what can one expect with the material at one's command? The temporary civil servant is the bane of government in war-time.

As usual, when I slip the strap of the gas-mask container over my small daughter's shoulder, I experience a horrible sinking sensation and utter a fervent prayer that this precaution, insisted upon by the Government, may be unnecessary. My own gas mask does not trouble me in the very least and I can look it in the face without a tremor; it is only Betty's small but hideous protection which makes me feel sick.

I think it's natural for anyone that participates in a public debate to advocate for the most extreme version that they can, particularly if they believe that government tends to compromise.

We need to have our conservative version of what health care looks like, and that will include a repeal of Obamacare.

Let me make it clear: I support health care reform. I just don't support Nancy Pelosi's version.

The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.

People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.

Government frequently has a problem recognizing perception versus reality.

Mysterious can be cool, if you're in Hollywood and everyone's happy. But it can be really bad if people perceive that the financial interests are adversarial, that there's money versus people. A lot of Goldman Sachs people went into government, so at a time when there's a distrust of institutions, some of that reflects on us.

It's businesses versus big government. We don't need big government. We need a more efficient, lean government, and that's exactly the kind of government we intend to deliver.

I was taught, growing up, that there are two ends of the political spectrum: left and right. But there's so much more than that. For me, it's about liberty versus authoritarianism.