Quotes About Government

My battles have been against federal actions that exceed the powers our Founders granted to the federal government in the constitution.

I would like to get immigration enforcement right. I think that there is a problem there, and it needs some really careful analysis and a brutal look at who's doing what and who's got what powers where.

When it comes to the separation of powers, the Constitution makes it look pretty simple: Congress makes the laws, the president enforces them and the judiciary adjudicates them. In reality, though, the lines between the branches are a little blurrier than they seem on paper.

Any MP who deals with immigration a huge amount, which I do, is going to worry about giving powers to the executive to change immigration law without scrutiny.

Encroachment upon the powers and rights of States also goes against the grain of the Constitution and federal principles.

As an Asst. Secretary of State, I often urged authoritarian governments around the world not to use emergency powers to defy their legislatures, courts, and laws.

When the President acts, he must do so pursuant to constitutionally enumerated Article II powers or statutory power allocated to him by Congress.

I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the only ones in the whole Russian team who were experienced in practical bureaucratic management in the complicated condition of 1990.

Abu Mazen has deprived himself of all the practical authorities of government.

I'm telling you, as a doctor who spent about half of his time in the office taking care of our seniors on Medicare, it is a program that intentions to work are much better than the way it's working today in terms of practicality.

The right and the physical power of the people to resist injustice, are really the only securities that any people ever can have for their liberties. Practically no government knows any limit to its power but the endurance of the people.

I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.

We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of Venezuelans.

If you say no to cruel factory farm practices, only then will the government say yes to change.

The democratic state can sometimes abuse its power as much as those who seek to destroy it abuse fundamental rights and democratic practices.

Our government should never stop anyone from practicing their faith or exercising their rights to operate a business if it can be done in a safe manner.

Our platform is crafted by Democrats but it is not about partisanship, its about pragmatism.

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.

May 2 is traditionally the National Day of Prayer, a government-designated religious event intended to encourage people to 'turn to God in prayer and meditation.'

Believe me. When you're talking about trust in government, you're preaching to the choir, whether it's on the financial side, the central banking side: we see areas where the government does good jobs; we see areas where they don't do as good a job.

The government and politicians should listen to the people instead of preaching from their secular pulpits on how the rest of us should live our lives.

Democracy is a precious thing and the rights of parliament are a precious thing.

For people who invest in bitcoin, the allure is precisely that: It's not backed by a central government. So it's not manipulatable by central government.

It defies logic that protections against predatory debt collection practices don't apply to debt collectors hired by the federal government.