Quotes About Government

A desire for a small government is nothing new, of course. At the end of the nineteenth century, a U.S. government official proposed closing the office of patents. Everything of importance had already been invented, he said.

The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure - they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm

As to the members of a Democracy, they are the best sort of people in the world; but then they are but a puny sort of gentry, as to strength, put them all together; and apt to be a little defective in point of understanding.

Every law is an evil, for every law is an infraction of liberty.

Secrecy is an instrument of conspiracy; it ought not, therefore, to be the system of a regular government.

There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality.

Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.

Do they think that, if left to our own devices, we'd all park on zebra crossings for a year? If they do, it means they don't trust us. And if they don't trust us, then the relationship has broken down and it's time for some civil unrest.

The government can put dividends on the same tax basis as capital gains if the tax authorities allow investors to obtain a tax deferral on reinvested dividends until the stock is sold.

Churchill once explained... 'a great battle is lost: parliament turns out the Government. A great battle is won- crowds cheer the Queen.

Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops.

globalization, a grossly misnamed metaphor that disingenuously cloaked government deregulation and the privatization of public goods and services in the wrap of a new global "interconnectivity.

And the God who ruled absolutely in the life and fortunes of the most powerful monarch of that time still rules in the fortunes and destinies of governments today. No government or dictator is so powerful as to be beyond the sway of His sovereign rule over all the nations of the earth. GOD

God's government is perfect and just. His moral law is "holy, righteous and good" (Romans 7:12). No one ever has a valid reason to rebel against the government of God. We rebel for only one reason: We were born rebellious. We were born with a perverse inclination to go our own way, to set up our own internal government rather than submit to God.

God is sovereign over the nations. He is sovereign over the officials of our own government in all their actions as they affect us, directly or indirectly.

God is sovereign over the nations. He is sovereign over the officials of our own government in all their actions as they affect us, directly or indirectly. He is sovereign over the officials of government in lands where our brothers and sisters in Christ suffer for their faith in Him. And He is sovereign over the nations where every attempt is made to stamp out true Christianity. In all of these areas, we can and must trust God.

In the West, especially, we don't often consciously feel the actions of government impacting our lives from day to day.

God can and does work in the hearts and minds of rulers and officials of government to accomplish His sovereign purpose.

This Iranian brother had a correct perception of the sovereignty of God in the decrees and decisions of governments.

Just as we saw in chapter 4 that God is sovereign in the hearts of individuals, whose decisions and actions affect us, so God is also sovereign in the decisions and actions of government as they affect

God sometimes causes government leaders or officials to make foolish decisions in order to bring judgment upon a nation.

There is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God…. For [the ruler] is God's servant to do you good" (Romans 13:1,4).

God not only determines who governs, He also rules in the decisions that they make. Proverbs 16:33 says, "The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD