Quotes About Government

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.

We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff.

If you have faith in the public sector, as I do, you must be the harshest critic of corruption, waste and fraud in government.

Anyone who believes in the essential role government can play in improving people's lives must also be the toughest critics of those who abuse the public trust.

To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained.

I've never dealt with the Russian government, I've never had a relationship with the Russian government.

There is no better example of the overreach of government than in environmental law.

The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.

I believe that a government has only one religion - India first. A government has only one holy book - our Constitution. A government has only one kind of devotion - towards nation.

Sadly, in the highest levels of economic thought in government, questions are not tolerated. It is as if we're dealing with the binary thinking of a fundamentalist religion.

The injustices endured by black Americans at the hands of their own government have no parallel in our history, not only during the period of slavery but also in the Jim Crow era that followed.

The Government are very keen on amassing statistics - they collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams.

People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.

How do you trust a government whose people are proved to be untrustworthy?

Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.

I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir.

Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.

I've served in 25 nations. I've seen where people don't trust their government. We're there. In the military, the last option is to send in the SEALs.

Just as the left has to be more willing to question 'Government knows best, ' the right has to rethink its laissez-faire attitude toward government.

Once our country is fully engulfed in a debt crisis, our economy will be torn apart, and every American will be a victim of the federal government's failure to prevent this disaster.

But separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.

Let's not allow the voice of the people to be overwhelmed by the siren song of those who opposed regulation, who demanded that government should stand aside and let finance and business run the show.

The massive debt we have racked up to finance our wasteful government is pulling down growth today. Gross debt over 90 percent of GDP weakens growth now. Not tomorrow - now.

The U.S. government has been preoccupied with health care 'reform, ' but this refers to improving access and insurance coverage and has little or nothing to do with innovation.