Quotes About Government

When a government official says a problem has been "contained," pay no attention.

In this case, the government will essentially be run by the people who are running it now. The top level [Barack] Obama appointees will leave by inauguration day.

I'd like to think that we've certainly strengthened the position of some of our government businesses.

But in all despotic governments, though a particular prince may favour arts and letter, there is a natural degeneracy of mankind.

Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.

The Gulf War was a clear precedent as well, and it let us begin to understand how the US government would go to war to secure strategic oil reserves and potential markets.

Some of the conflict of interest laws do apply to the president, particularly The Emoluments Clause to "The Constitution," which prohibits any type of benefit from a foreign government.

If you are focusing your anger at government, you are focusing your anger at all of us. Government is just a personification of this country.

Do not fear or misunderstand when the Government say they are looking to our defences. I give you my word that there will be no great armaments.

If I said what I was really thinking about this f**ked up world, the government would assassinate me like all the other people they've killed.

His administration apparently means to define itself as a television program instead of a government...I don't know if it can please both its sponsors and its intended audience.

I am a strong believer in grass roots communities, but I also believe government resources, when available, should be equally available to all people.

I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought.

The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation are, — 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and 3. Hope to all.

Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government

Healthcare should be about market driven solutions, not government mandates.

Governments have a legitimate concern with slowing population growth. But often this has been attempted with little concern for the individuals most affected.

We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.

I think that [there is] this fundamental right to privacy and the philosophy that government shouldn't be intrusive.

More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes.

Governments resort to inflation with popular support because the people apparently are naïve enough to believe that they can have their cake and eat it, too.

I returned to Afghanistan because I had a deep longing to see for myself how people lived, what they thought of their government, how optimistic they were about the future of their homeland.

To be sure, governments will remain critical to any comprehensive effort to save our planet.

I ask the Philippines Government to put an end to journalists' killings by giving journalists' safety the priority it deserves.