Quotes About Government

I have a mindset that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view.

To me, I was right from the beginning, because it's my right as an American to speak up and question our president, have my point of view, have my opinion, question what I want to question, and say what I want to say about our government.

Political books are so often written from the perspective of the politicians, not from the point of view of the people.

We have always pointed out discrepancies in the government. It was not for my personal benefit but for the people.

There's no reason why fiscal responsibility is a Democrat or a Republican point of view. It ought to be all of our points of view.

You have to ask yourself seriously: does this government really want to do things or is it more interested in class struggle?

Everything that goes on at Area 51 is classified 'top secret' when it's going on.

In 1973, the only cryptographic technology we could get our hands on was classified.

The emoluments clause is in the Constitution for a reason: We, as Americans, need to know that the president acts in our best interests, not his own self-interest.

We have a cleaner system of government in this state where people run based on their ideas, not based on their ability to raise money.

I got a top-secret security clearance and served in the CIA.

It's a cliche that the Senate is broken, and like most cliches, it's true.

You know, Chevron - we don't do original research on climate change. It's the government's role to do that, and we accept the determinations that are there.

We need a government that takes climate change seriously, one that doesn't shunt it to the side-lines.

I had a situation where Bill Clinton sent the F.B.I. after me.

Certainly the support for research in HIV/AIDS was good in the Clinton administration, good in the Bush administrations. It just was.

At the same time, Clinton was doing a lot things right, like the economy.

I think I could have worked for the Clinton administration.

The best government is not the one that you can serve in the longest, but the government that's closest to the people.

I know the pain of coalition government.

In American politics, 'Europe' is usually a code word for 'big government.'

You can't use the tax code as a penal system because you don't like what a country is doing.

For years, people have begged Washington for a tax code that is simple and easy to understand.

The tax code is just too big.