Quotes About Government

A new State of Israel with broad frontiers, strong and solid, with the authority of the Israel Government extending from the Jordan to the Suez Canal.

What, then is law [government]? It is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense.

The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility

...governments, including free and democratic governments, are not really friendly to freedom and democracy. They abhor any rule of law that limits their powers and penchant for social engineering.

I think there are steps that can be taken that haven't been required or energy to make that fight more secure and we are going to continue to push the federal government to do that.

I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

The greatest source of America's generosity is not our government; it's the good heart of the American people.

The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

The Constitution poses no threat to our current form of government.

Let us first of all frugality in government-peace and freedom we will have as a bonus.

Some governments are prepared to give up elements of sovereignty to address the threat of global climate change.

You could afford your house without the government if it weren't for the government.

The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.'

The role of government is to create responsible greed to keep boundaries around what people do.

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.

Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed.

I think almost every economist would agree that government gets itself in trouble when it tries to interfere with voluntary behavior.

There was an old Woman who lived in a shoe She had so many children Her government subsidy check came to $4,892.

Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at last.

[V]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.

To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.

Americans complain a lot about the government and they voice a generalized suspicion of the government, but they constantly clammer for more of it.

Capital punishment, like the rest of the criminal justice system, is a government program, so skepticism is in order.