Quotes About Government

If governments would only understand that if people are left alone they'll work out their own salvation.

Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.

Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large estates, crown lands, government land, and the estates held by the monasteries.

In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do.

Keep government out of the money of the people, schools of the people, and will of the people.

For the Mexican people, for the Mexican government, the very good relationship with the United States of America is, of course, essential.

Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language.

No matter how deeply you distrust the government's judgment, you are too trusting.

The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.

In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he won't tell you.

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

You could adjust the punishment to fit the infraction. Even a small fine would be enough to bring an errant government to heel.

I think it's radical to censor information because the government asks you to. That's radical.

Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive.

People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies.

We have our differences since the beginning of America. It's a legitimate difference. What is the role of government, et cetera, federal, state, local?

From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable.

Fascism conceives of the State as an absolute, in comparison with which all individuals or groups are relative, only to be conceived in their relation to the State.

If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.

The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not.

A government creates its own revolution. There can be no revolt without it.

Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth.

The salient feature of America in the Age of Obama is a failed government class institutionally committed to living beyond its means, and a citizenry too many of whom are content to string along.

Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is vital to keep the form of government set up by our Founding Fathers.