Quotes About Government

Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.

You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.

The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.

Every government, from the Obama administration right through to Angela Merkel, the Eurozone and the IMF, promise to save the banks, not the economy.

Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from...the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence.

It is conceivable that a party might gain the majority in parliament and claims the government for itself.

Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant.

I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that the government that we have today is not what the people want as a government.

There's a simple solution to our traffic problems. We'll have business build the roads, and government build the cars.

I am supposed to owe the government something like $100 million. I couldn't squeeze out a dime.

We cannot restore traditional American freedom unless we limit the government's power to tax.

The only thing government does better than killing is lying and covering things up.

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy.

I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. A confused people can make no clear demands.

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people.

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom...

The US government decided today that because I did such a good job investigating the cyber-industrial complex, they're now going to send me to investigate the prison-industrial complex.

Parties and political systems used to be about excluding renegades who would never play well with others in government. Now it's actually systematically screening them in.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.