Quotes About Government

I don't know what people have against government; they haven't done anything.

To end cronyism we must end government's ability to dole out favors and rig the market.

What is it about the government and its agents and employees that they can lie to us with impunity, but we risk being sent to jail if we lie to them?

Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand.

In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen is only good relatively to his own form of government.

In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption.

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he that pays the price.

All you have to do is ask yourselves, who controls the government? And who are the victims of that control?

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.

Governments have budgets but no money, companies have money but no budgets.

Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it.

Everyone is an abused child, if you think about what governments do.

We now live in a secular humanist theocracy. I want to change that to a government with God at its head.

I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.

The basis of effective government is public confidence, and that confidence is endangered when ethical standards falter or appear to falter.

Of course it is possible that UFO's really do contain aliens as many people believe, and the government is hushing it up

I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church.

Most governments are designed to protect the government from the people, whereas the United States government was organized to protect the people from the government.

If credit expansion, protectionism, and government spending were a path to prosperity, mankind would have long ago created heaven on earth.

Government has no Right to hurt a hair of the head of an Atheist, for his Opinions. Let him have a care of his Practices.