Quotes About Government

The way they are treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell!

All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people.

Throughout history government has seldom hesitated from robbing its citizens in a crisis.

You call it a 'loophole' when the government still allows you some freedom.

The left controls the media, the institutions of higher learning and the government. They preach against business, disparate merit, decry free enterprise and slander capitalism.

It's a vain hope to believe that people will voluntarily turn their back on government subsidies.

The one thing that flies in the face of all human history and experience, is that the government can do a superior job than the private sector.

I don't believe in government regulation of the software industry.

Good government has to mean less government.

The smaller the government, the less the need to manipulate politicians.

A government which is not liked by the artists is certainly a bad government, because artist sees very well what is behind the masks!

We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.

As I get older ... I become more convinced that good government is not a substitute for self-government.

No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.

If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?

The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the compact, acting as sovereign and independent communities.

I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government.

I feel like I am not an American in the eyes of my government because of their religious beliefs. I think that is un-American.

What is politically defined as economic planning is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by Government officials.

I'm a small government conservative.

Take away the government's monopoly, and private groups will do it better.

In its narrowest acceptation, order means obedience. A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed.

The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals.

Madoff's scam was small compared to Ponzi schemes the government itself runs: Social Security and Medicare.