Quotes About Government

I know the government needs to ensure economic growth... we just hope it takes care of the environment, too.

Alabama is committed to ensuring the safety and security of our nation.

I do not like government-sponsored enterprises.

We as a government are entitled to be criticised.

The entitlement state has driven us into insolvency.

No major entitlement, once it has been implemented, has ever been unwound.

People like entitlements. That's why we spend so much on them.

I definitely envision myself in politics at some point.

The EPA has a history of overreaching its authority.

Any government I lead will continue with the equality of gay and lesbian people.

China doesn't have a single leader. It has - a first among equals is the president, and his name will probably be Xi Jinping, almost certainly.

All of us can agree that we want government to work as well as possible, and we should all applaud efforts to improve it. But there is no escaping the divisive and essential questions: What is the purpose of the state, and whom does it serve?

It is the nature of government and of technology to establish control.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

Death just shouldn't be a taxable event.

Dying should not be a taxable event.

I think the time has come when the American people understand that federal employees need to work an 8-hour day just like everybody else.

This administration affects the everyday life of the common person.

In Pakistan politics is hereditary.

I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.

Crime should not pay, it must be punished. Unfortunately, in Pakistan big crimes do get rewarded.

I worked for the Office of Management and Budget in the White House, on nuclear energy policy. But I decided it would be much more fun to have a specialty food store, so I left Washington D.C. and moved to the Hamptons. And how glad I am that I did!

Alack the day when a state grows so powerful as to demand of its citizens the dictates of their conscience!