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Quotes About Government

I created no authority that wasn't already there under the constitution.
~ John Engler
I think most of us in America understand that people, not the government, creates jobs.
~ Scott Walker
I believe that business creates the jobs in this country and not government.
~ John Delaney
What makes the BJP or its government of Modi a brand for the elections - it is some content that makes the brand. Hollowness cannot create a brand, chest-thumping can't create a brand. Ultimately, the quality of the product creates a brand.
~ Arun Jaitley
Job creators should be able to focus on their work - not on Washington's busy-work.
~ Peter Roskam
For a party of the left to win, people have to have believe that government, the state, can be on their side. When I was a young mother, Sure Start and tax credits weren't just a financial lifeline, they represented hope.
~ Jess Phillips
The reason that I decided to get into politics is because I have begged, pleaded, and cried for years for our government to listen to us and they haven't.
~ Paula Jean Swearengin
The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government.
~ John McCain
When everything is going well, the role of the state in the economy should be limited. When we are in a crisis, it's different.
~ Viktor Orban
By limiting access to surrogacy based on flimsy and exclusionary criteria, the government may just give rise to a mushrooming black market.
~ Kapil Sibal
Especially right after 9/11. Especially when the war in Afghanistan is going on. There was a real sense that you don't get that critical of a government that's leading us in war time.
~ Walter Isaacson
Every time there's an election, people start to criticize China.
~ Jack Ma
I want to say that this business of corruption and the fight against corruption is a very serious matter, and sometimes I'm amazed that very little is being said outside of those who are saying so in government. It's an existential matter. I don't know whether it is possible to overemphasize the point, but I think it's a very crucial matter.
~ Yemi Osinbajo
Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.
~ Andrew Cuomo
You have to support the government, not to me personally; I do not want anyone cultivating loyalty to me. I don't like that.
~ Rodrigo Duterte
The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.
~ Walter Bagehot
My mom's now enjoying Medicare. She's already retired. She earned it. But for those of us, you know, the X-Generation on down, it won't be there for us on its current path.
~ Paul Ryan
I think country needs to have a sporting culture. I think if sports were taken as curriculum in school and are encouraged in right way like government of Maharashtra and Haryana have done given Marks for Sports and encouraging them with good jobs.
~ Gagan Narang
There's a learning curve to understanding how the Senate operates.
~ Luther Strange
The movies were custard compared to politics.
~ Nancy Reagan
The government must be open enough to provide robust impact assessments of leaving the single market or the customs union, including region-by-region and sector-by-sector analysis.
~ Keir Starmer
You cut their money back, for one thing... I go back a long way with the NEA.
~ Charlton Heston
'Austerity' is a real weasel word because it's an attempt to make something value-based and abstract out of something which, in reality, consists simply of spending cuts.
~ John Lanchester
Cyber espionage is very lucrative for economic benefit to a nation.
~ Dmitri Alperovitch