Quotes About Government

I prefer for government to err toward less regulation, lower taxation, and free markets. And I'm a radical free trader.

We (the ANC government) have no plans to introduce the wholesale administration of these drugs in the public sector. ARVs are not a cure for Aids.

The very concept of law that protects us from tyranny has been lost. No longer the people's shield, law has become a weapon in the hands of government.

The nearest thing to immortality in this world is a government bureau.

When I talk to teachers they tell me the things they'd most like from any government are a reduction in bureaucracy, support to help ensure good discipline and a reformed Ofsted.

As the capacity to coerce declines, it is natural to turn to control of opinion as the basis for authority and domination - a fundamental principle of government already emphasized by David Hume.

There is in government a living impulse to extend itself indefinitely; and there is in freedom a necessity to resist that impulse.

Government is the natural enemy of freedom.

A state that privatizes most of its functions will inevitably defend itself by employing its own people as mercenaries

Governments are based on power, companies are based on goodwill, which allows them to invest in the future.

I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary.

Government schools will teach children that government is wonderful.

Lighting that torch in Atlanta didn't make me nervous. Standing up to the government - that made me nervous.

Whether history will judge this war to be different or not we cannot say. But this we can say with certainty: A government and a society that silences those who dissent is one that has lost its way.

When you start talking about government as 'we' instead of 'they,' you have been in office too long.

When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.

My heart is bursting at the thought of Al-Mahdi coming to set up a universal government of peace.

ObamaCare is not a 'trainwreck,' it is a suicide attack. He wants to hurt us, to bring us to our knees, to capitulate, so we agree under duress to accept big government.

Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.

The people of America at some point are gonna have to realize that relying on government to fix everything is foolhardy.

Businesses should be focused on business and social responsibility should be government responsibility.

Obamacare is not about health care. Obamacare is about the expansion of government and the total loss of freedom.

I'm not a complete libertarian. There is a proper role in some areas of the government to have rules and regulations - I'm not an anarchist.

Governments can't keep looking over the shoulder or at the constellation of stars. You have got to do what you have got to do.