Quotes About Government

I'm of the minority opinion that presidents should be given more power for less time.

Our country is fortunate to have Bill Barr, a man of integrity who has served two U.S. Presidents, as our Attorney General.

The American people want their presidents to articulate big ideas and leave the details to the eggheads.

Presidents are only seen on August 15 and January 26. Who knows what they do for five years other than this?

I've worked closely with presidents, especially with President Obama, and I realized that what good leaders do at the national level is no different than what we do at the local level.

Presidents must be willing to fight for American jobs and should set a central goal of federal policy of creating an environment that rewards companies for investing here and discourages them from moving abroad.

The back and forth between the press and government is essential to any good democracy.

Acid wasn't getting a whole lot of bad press at the time, and as I saw the whole bad-press thing happen, I became aware that the government had done a whole lie on all the other benign drugs as well. It became clear to me that the government wanted no real drug education.

I think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out.

At the present moment, with little or no detail to hand, it is difficult for me to make any comment, beyond the expression of horror at the shameless haste with which the government appears to be pressing for our liquidation.

There needs to be more pressure on the Mexican government to stop the drugs and illegal immigrants on their side of the border instead of exporting them to the U.S.

European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut.

I was affected by the harshness of government, the reality of 16-hour days, and the pressures of modern communications.

In a record time of five-and-a-half months, we completed the prestigious Pattiseema irrigation project, linking two major rivers in the state.

Americans have a choice to make: higher taxes or fewer health care entitlements. We'll probably have to choose both. But as each of us marches toward death, we can't pretend we can have all the health care we need, paid for by taxing Bill Gates a little more.

Let's not pretend we have too much of a democracy here, because we don't.

Individual people shouldn't be fearful, because by and large our government, the federal government - people always talk; obviously, they don't trust the feds, whatever. The federal government and local communities have done a pretty good job at keeping us safe.

When you get elected by 86% and you'd been in government as long as I had been, there was a sense I had a pretty good handle on things.

I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.

Did you loathe and detest the Bush administration? If so, you'd probably say its ideas were horrible and their execution worse. Did you not loathe and detest the Bush administration? In that case, you might say its ideas were pretty good - only the execution often left something to be desired.

In real danger sometimes even a democracy can really keep a secret.

The Roman Catholics must know as well as we do that 'Popery' when encouraged by government has always been dangerous to the liberties of the people.

I have learned that European politics is very much like Danish politics. You have all the rumours.

As a government, it is our responsibility to maintain security for all citizens in Darfur.