Quotes About Government

Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.

Government expands to absorb revenue - and then some.

Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic.

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.

Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people

The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.

A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.

It's none of the governments business who comes to, in, on, or from my body.

Government can take your money at gunpoint; businesses have to persuade you.

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to... bare the secrets of government and inform the people.

We must remember that ours was intended to be a citizen government, and we must work together to restore our country and the character of our nation.

The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President.

All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy.

Government without a tough and vibrant media is not an option for the United States of America.

When the people fear a government, they're a tyranny. When a government fears the people, there is liberty.

The only problem with voting is no matter who you vote for the government always gets in.

The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most people believe. It's possible they are calling the shots at all levels of government.

Government will no longer be run on the whims of individuals.

The Government has already U-turned today and I think the pressure is clearly growing for proper accountability over what this Government's negotiating position is on Brexit.

The safest way to ensure diversity of opinion is diverse ownership. But this ideal has been sacrificed by our government.

We cannot afford to walk down that dangerous path of government overstepping its boundaries into the most personal parts of our lives.