Quotes About Government

I love working the legislative process.

I'm a legislator, but it's hard to legislate when my party's out of power.

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

Even in non-democratic countries, people have a legitimate interest in knowing about actions taken by the government.

If you ask people do you think that government should spend less money than what it takes in, most people agree with that.

If you asked a Singaporean, on the one hand they'll say, 'Let us do our own things.' On the other hand, when an issue comes out, they'll ask, 'What is the government doing about it?'

I don't just write letters. I write laws.

I think politics is the biggest lever of change in India.

Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.

Equalities issues are a key part of the Liberal Democrats and under my leadership we would push for them at every opportunity - whether in government or not.

By the end of writing 'Losing Ground,' I realized I was a libertarian.

I am more of a constitutionalist libertarian.

We can see our liberties vanishing here in the United States... A little bit here and a little piece there... We can see it, we can feel it, and we can hear it.

There can be no liberty without the law.

But on the other hand government takes away a certain amount of liberty and in some countries it takes away all of liberty. And it will, everywhere, if people who fight government do not fight government any longer.

More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back. More government isn't going to create more opportunities. It's going to limit them.

We can't let 535 people continue to limit the progress of a nation of more than 300 million.

Limited government is best.

The conservative values of limited government and freedom for all coincide with the movement for full freedom and equality for LGBT Americans.

There are limits on what a president can achieve or do, but the expectations are so great.

There are limits to how much countries can spend.

Democracy literally means the power of people. Democracy is not about politics, it is about the people.

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work! I don't really have the personality for that.

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work!