Quotes About Government

Fellow citizens! God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.

The divorce between Church and State ought to be absolute. It ought to be so absolute that no Church property anywhere, in any state or in the nation, should be exempt from equal taxation; for if you exempt the property of any church organization, to that extent you impose a tax upon the whole community.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

The societies that human beings live in are so large and complex that peace and order require the invention of moral codes, and of government and political power too.

I have betrayed no confidence and no trust. I simply wrote a letter in which I stated the truth--for the Government or anybody else.' 'A letter in which you accuse the Government...' 'Of course I accuse. If the Government uses falsehoods and the blind eye to conduct its affairs, then shouldn't I accuse? If I am betraying a trust to reveal it, then I am still right and you cannot make me wrong.

When government is small and relatively weak, the most effective way to make money is to start a successful private-sector business. But the larger the size and scope of government spending, the easier it is to make money by diverting public resources.

The nine largest banks, which received $125 billion from TARP, were collectively paying dividends of more than $25 billion a year.

Audiences for ten years have been startled to learn that the federal law that makes these humans illegal isn't even on the criminal books. You can look it up for yourself, since no TV or radio host is going to waste a segment explaining the actual law to you. Right or left. Felony? Nope. Misdemeanor? Sorry, but no.

The government knew a secret that the American public didn't: the numbers of border crossers were down, across the board. Maybe the fence, maybe the harsh new atmosphere

El tráfico de drogas en México nació subordinado a la política desde los tiempos de la Revolución, se reforzó en el Estado posrevolucionario dominado por el partido de Estado (PNR-PRM-PRI) y así continuó durante siete décadas.

Curso de Direito Constitucional

Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people.

Whether we know it or not, we are all in a quest after the Great Companion. All study, all art, all music, all literature, all government, all industry are in essence a search after the Infinite.

The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country.

I think the American people have become more reliant upon government and less reliant upon themselves and that they now tend to put security ahead of freedom, but I think freedom is the most important aspect of our lives.

This administration here and now declares unconditional war on poverty.

I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.

The separation of church and state is a source of strength, but the conscience of our nation does not call for separation between men of state and faith in the Supreme Being.

There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.

A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children.

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.

That depends on how Washington reacts. Every state joined the Union voluntarily; they should have the right to leave it again if the Federal government no longer represents their best interests.