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Quotes About Government

A Supreme Court decision does not establish a "supreme law of the land" that is binding on all persons and parts of government, henceforth and forevermore.
~ Edwin Meese
It has been a long fight to put the control of our economic system in the hands of the government.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
American families cannot compete with billionaires. Our involvement in government should not be dependent on our bank account balances
~ Harry Reid
The grossest, the cruelest, the most selfish, the most easily pervertible and perverted thing in this world, is government.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that.
~ Hillary Clinton
As such, the least practicable measure of government must be the best. Anything beyond the minimum must be oppression.
~ Isabel Paterson
Why is it so hard to see that when America had high savings, low taxes and minimal government, the economy grew like a week, and today when we have just the opposite, the economy is shrinking.?
~ James Cook
All things being equal, letting people make decisions for themselves will produce smarter outcomes, collectively, than relying on government planners.
~ James Surowiecki
But as important as the job to be done by government in the neighborhoods, the people must also be involved.
~ Jane Byrne
I would prefer the [USA] government to be the policeman and not the businessman.
~ Rand Paul
I see an America where poverty is defeated by opportunity, not enabled by a government check.
~ Mitt Romney
The situation of the general government, if it can be called a government, is shaken to its foundation, and liable to be overturned by every blast.
~ George Washington
The last thing the Province needs is a minority government
~ Hazel McCallion
I think the British government's cutting back of arts funding is such a crime. I bet it will happen in Denmark soon, too.
~ Henrik Vibskov
I mean, look, the government is not a startup obviously. But projects to change government I think are best thought of as startups.
~ Todd Park
Normally, the opposition gets more media space and even the people find it interesting to listen to voices against the government of the day.
~ Narendra Modi
And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.
~ Tony Abbott
You don't grow the economy by growing government.
~ Robert Metcalfe
Separation prevents the government from determining church policy, whether directly or indirectly.
~ John M Swomley
Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.
~ Peter Senge
It's very important that there should be cross-fertilisation between government and academia. Both parties can benefit from having a better understanding of how the other works.
~ Nicholas Stern
In a democracy, everyone has the right to criticise the Government.
~ Narendra Modi
I'd shrink government in a minute, if I could shrink GM, Bank of America, and all these immoral corporations that operate by an undemocratic code, with no soul and no conscience.
~ Jerry Brown
The reform of government needs to continue.
~ Jim Nussle