Quotes About Government

In 2000, just before leaving the White House, Clinton ratcheted up military aid to Colombia. Plan Colombia, as the assistance program was called, provided billions of dollars to what was, and remains, the most repressive government in the hemisphere.

According to the White House, the president's proposed 2016-2017 spending would add - get this - $62 billion to the deficit.

I was in the trade field as White House fellow in the first Bush administration.

We are a Republic with different branches of government, and so the Senate and the House are going to be full partners in working with the White House.

It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.

What matters to me is that I do what I think is right and I see, I'm a numbers guy, that's my attitude. I know we have a debt tsunami coming, we are bankrupting this country and I'm in a position where I can actually advance ideas to prevent that from happening. That's exactly what I should be doing.

Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell.

The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology, and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from acquiring the information, the government all but gave them an invitation to take our equipment and designs.

Once the Congress party comes to power under Rahul Gandhi ji's leadership, we will enact a strong law to prevent horse-trading and defections.

Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.

The Obama administration has framed its defense of the controversial bulk collection of all American phone records as necessary to prevent a future 9/11.

Americans cannot afford to turn a blind eye to Russian interference in our democracy. We need to get to the facts and learn lessons to prevent future misconduct by foreign governments.

The only thing worse than watching an Alex Jones video is the government trying to tell Google not to do it - to prevent people form watching the Alex Jones video. We can't even do it if we tried.

By preventing the federal government from removing known criminal aliens, we allow our country to be a safe haven for criminals.

A lot of what is preventing us from getting things done on the federal level is that there is too much influence from special interests over members of Congress.

I think what Americans need and what Mainers need more than anything is government that functions and I think that the filibuster prevents us from functioning and making progress on issues.

I will not give way because too many previous governments have backed down.

Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.

My previous 15 years working in the Department of Justice were extraordinarily fulfilling. I love the Department, its people and its mission. I can think of no greater honor than to lead them.

Every year, I have given Rs 20,000 crore worth of projects to HAL. But the previous UPA government gave just Rs 10,000 crore projects.

I will not introduce legislation to reopen divisive issues or to reopen issues that have already been settled by previous governments.

If you cannot fulfill the aspirations of people, what is the difference between you and the previous government?

War is party-blind. It doesn't care who is in the Oval Office. The forces that drive us to war don't care whether it's Republican, Democrat, or other. The fact is, these parties are prey to special interests. That is something Eisenhower was afraid of.

All I ask is that you not be naive about how the government works when it decides to go after its prey.