Quotes About Government

I will restore a government based on principle and justice.

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

I think there should be a major cut in the power of government to interfere in the day-to-day running of our schools. I want this because our guiding principle is that schools run schools best.

Neither the George W. Bush nor the Obama administrations volunteered to bail out G.M., Chrysler and other parts of the auto sector. Both subscribed firmly to the longstanding American principle that government should resolutely avoid these kinds of interventions, particularly in the industrial sector.

It is a fundamental principle of democracy that citizens obey the law or incur whatever penalty applies to its breaking.

Cabinet government rests on the principle of collective responsibility: Ministers debate and argue in private but then hammer out a common policy which they all agree to support.

The rule of law is the most basic principle on which our Constitution is based.

The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

I think it's scary that that our elected officials aren't operating under the principles of human rights, under the principles that this government and this country was founded on.

I'm running for Congress to reverse Obama's big government policies, to be faithful to the principles on which our nation was founded, and to make members of Congress play by the same rules as the rest of us.

The ruler who possesses methods of government does not follow the good that happens by chance but practices according to necessary principles. Law, methods, and power must be employed for government: these constitute its 'necessary principles.'

One of the principles upon which the E.U. is built is the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary.

It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.

I've laid down my set of principles, so I will not force government-run health care on anyone.

The American people deserve a blueprint for policymaking that is built upon the Constitution of the United States and the principles of fiscal discipline, limited government, accountability, and a strong national defense.

As conservatives, we know our principles, and we also know the best ideas do not always come from Washington.

I understand the principles of dissent in parliament.

No matter what the issue is, conservative principles are always better for people than big-government, liberal principles.

Our country was founded upon the principles of debate and compromise.

The Republican corporatists are worse than the Democratic corporatists, but only to a degree. And Republican corporatists are at least true to their principles, however abhorrent those principles might be to some of us.

Our system of government works best when there are checks and balances led by independent entities that are empowered to conduct fair and rigorous oversight. These are the same principles enshrined in the founding document of our country - our Constitution.

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