Quotes About Government

The Indian voter will not shy away from sacrificing in the national interest. If the voter is convinced that high oil prices are a national challenge and that the government is doing its best to deal with the challenge, the voter would be willing to bear the burden.

First of all, it's important to note that the federal government doesn't have the authority to take anybody off of any voter rolls. The states are in control of each of their voter rolls in the 50 states.

The people who believe in voter intimidation believe that the minute you make a political donation, that you immediately need to turn all your information over to the government.

The United States Supreme Court has voted 6-3 that voter photo ID is constitutional.

Every voter has a right to criticise a government and comment on its functioning.

I think the average voter wants somebody who has the right philosophy and can combine that with the ability to get something done in Washington.

Our strength as a democracy relies on voter confidence.

I think, at the end of the day, especially for municipal elections, we see relatively low voter turnout. So the goal is to expand who sees themselves reflected in government, who's empowered to take the lead in politics.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

Useful lessons can be learned from our more successful local authorities - as you move into government, it is even more imperative to communicate speedily and persuasively with your members and your voters.

I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government.

Voters want conflicting things. They want a lot of government spending, but they don't want higher taxes.

Voters did say 'repeal health care', they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from the tea party or anywhere said 'give tax breaks to the wealthiest.'

At the next General Election, voters face a clear choice: deregulation and less interference in everyday life with the Conservatives, or yet more regulation and interference under Mr Blair.

A referendum is almost always a device by which governments get the voters to endorse what they wanted to do all along.

The fundamental division of powers in the Constitution of the United States is between voters on the one hand and property owners on the other.

Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what.

I realize the voters elected President Obama in 2012, but they also, in 2014, elected enough Republican senators to gain a majority in the Senate, so we control the confirmation process. And these are two supposedly coequal branches of government involved in this filling of a Supreme Court vacancy.

Like a majority of the population and a majority of even Tory voters, I want the railways back in public ownership.

You know, I would say that I understand why the voters in Kentucky voted for Donald Trump. They are tired of the swamp. They are tired of the dysfunction.

The solution to voters potentially being misled by a judicial candidate's political speech is more speech - not government censorship.

Our representative democracy is not working because the Congress that is supposed to represent the voters does not respond to their needs. I believe the chief reason for this is that it is ruled by a small group of old men.

For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them.

I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.