Quotes About Government

The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government.

If the government ever imposes a tax on books - and I wouldn't put it past them - I'm in dead trouble.

The leading members of ISIS were either tortured in US military prisons or in the prisons of the Shi'a government which the Americans put in place.

No government can act in advance of the moral will of the people.

The difference between corporations and governments is governments have a monopoly on force. It's a lot easier to vote with your feet or your wallet than it is to change a government with your vote.

We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.

Government was instituted by God to bring His laws to people and to carry out His will and purposes.

When any civil government steps outside the mandate authorized by God Almighty, then that government does not have any further claim over its citizens.

You know, if you want to meet a lot of Iraqi leaders, the best places are the hotels in Amman or in London. In general the government here is amazingly unpopular.

Democrats believe that government should reflect the sense of community that Americans demonstrated after Katrina - the sense of community that has defined and united America throughout its history.

Half the population hold that the government is run by a few big interests looking out for themselves, as polls regularly show.

From the economy to national security to government ethics, the Republican nominee promised once-in-a-lifetime change if he is elected Nov. 8.

Either we have the government forcing us and telling us what we have to do, where we have to do it and how much we have to pay for it or we put ourselves in charge - we as consumers, as patients.

When government misleads the country about a terrorist attack, that erodes trust.

We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness to act alone, its willingness to be everybody's enemy.

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?

If a government commission had worked on the horse, you would have the first horse that could operate its knee joint in both directions. The trouble is it couldn't have stood up.

Creating investment, growing the economy and creating jobs is what this government wants to do.

Jobs are a key essential in the Budget.They are government's number one priority and the Budget is going to reflect that.

The government businesses, they all operate in the Tasmanian economy and as the economy strengthens the demand for services in those areas strengthens.

And once again the government has failed to get the kind of cooperation from the relatives that might allow the case of this young boy to end in a civilized manner that is best for him.

It is one of the perceptual defects of Western government and press to assign Western-style motives to what people do in non-Western societies, as if these are universally relevant.

It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government.

You're asking the government to control individual morality. This is a government that can't buy a toilet seat for under $600.