Quotes About Government

I want to make clear that we respect the role of government in our legal andeconomic system.

My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.

The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.

I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states.

I was particularly talking with respect to aid, because that to me is one area that can make people so dependent, and unfortunately, that dependency starts with the government.

While it [tolerance] is more or less quietly and constitutionally withdrawn from the opposition, it is made compulsory behavior with respect to established policies.

I know the President [Barack Obama]. I like him and respect him. That does not mean I agree with all of our government's policies, whether they come from Democrats or Republicans.

I grew up in Ireland, so I do not have a lot of respect for most politicians.

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.

Washington, under Democrats and Republicans, has a profoundly neurotic attitude toward 'the people.' It is built on equal parts of suspicion, loathing, fear, respect and dependence.

It's much less romantic in that you have to go to www.cia.gov and click "Apply Now." For me it was much more clandestine.

Its sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues.

I couldn't escape this militarism because the government wanted it and the schools wanted it. I suffered. It killed my mind" - Yayoi Kusama

The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a little at a time.

Bir terazi al?n ve bir taraf?na bir gram, diÄŸerine bir ton koyun. Bir yanda "Ben", diÄŸer yanda "Biz," yani TekDevlet. Apaç?k, deÄŸil mi? "Ben"in devlet kar??s?nda hakka sahipliÄŸini öne sürmek, bir gram, bir tona eÅŸittir demekle tamamen ayn?d?r. Graml???n? unut ve bir tonun milyonda biri olduÄŸunu hisset.

The way to rid man of criminality is to rid him of freedom.

In terms of the principles of politics, I think I understand well. Thailand needs someone who has leadership, who has the management skills to help the country.

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.

Only the smaller fish pay for the goverment's face-lift. The big ones - they just become bigger and fatter.

It is a premise of Enlightenment liberalism that the only legitimate purpose of government is to enable individuals to make use of the freedom that is theirs by nature.

We are heading toward a new confrontation in the north but I don't know when it will happen, just as we did not know when the second Lebanon war would erupt, although Hezbollah is part of the Lebanese government, the latter has no influence on it.

Precisely because technology is now moving so fast, and parliaments and dictators alike are overwhelmed by data they cannot process quickly enough, present-day politicians are thinking on a far smaller scale than their predecessors a century ago. Consequently, in the early twenty-first century politics is bereft of grand visions. Government has become mere administration. It manages the country, but it no longer leads it.

The governmental tortoise cannot keep up with the technological hare.

without a social safety net and a modicum of economic equality, liberty is meaningless.