Quotes About Government

I have never concealed my dual citizenship. People involved in state business should probably declare their dual citizenship if they have it.

New Jerseyans knew that the SALT deduction cap would hurt.

If we reach the debt ceiling, we don't have to default. Getting to that point just won't allow us to reach new debt.

User-controlled default encryption is a real challenge for law enforcement.

I do not want America to default on its debt.

It's not about whether we should have a conservative or a liberal. It's about, do we have someone that has the mental acumen to understand what the laws are, and not write laws but defend the laws. That's the whole purpose of three branches of government.

I never defended the Bush administration's spending.

English politics is so much more concerned with the proprieties than with defending dogmas.

Trying to balance the budget through defense cuts is both counterproductive and impossible.

I want to cut - personally, I want to cut spending. Personally, I just don't believe we can continue to add to the deficit. So, actually, personally, I like the budget cap.

Deficit, deficit, deficit. The political and media elites are obsessed with the D-word.

Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.

Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity.

It's opportunity. It's opportunity, not a check from government - it's opportunity that has always driven America and defined us as Americans.

Demonetisation was a defining moment in the government's war on corruption and black money.

I think politics is definitely something that I've always thought about as a career.

I've never been an oligarch. The definition of an oligarch is someone who has co-operated with the government, and I never did.

I will support a path to citizenship if it does not fall within the definition of amnesty, and we've got to define what amnesty is in this country.

I do not want to respond to leaks that concern things that have to do with state secrets of the first degree.

There's a lot of bipartisan rancor, a lot of excessive delegation of legislative power from the legislative branch to the executive branch.

Delhi is bleeding, while the government spends money on ads.

The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.

Americans like to say we're fighting for democracy, and yet young Americans have come to the view that democracy doesn't deliver.

People just don't believe we'll deliver what we say we will. They don't believe we want to listen or to understand their lives. And they don't believe we are able to do much to make their lives better.