Quotes About Government

I've had more than 12,000 emails from the United States. It's not easy in the United States to find out the email address of a British parliamentarian.

You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.

Washington is broken.

We Americans are as great as we have ever been. But our government is broken.

We must make it clear that our problem is not in Mecca but in Brussels.

What I wanted to do was see if we couldn't balance the budget.

We could have a budget that brings Americans together.

Reviewing a government budget is much like going through the attic in an old home.

I don't buy into this, 'Oh, poor us. We've got tough budget problems.'

The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.

A one-year budget doesn't mean the government won't last, and a two-year budget doesn't mean it will.

I'm for a balanced budget now.

So in the House and Senate, we own the budget. So what does that mean? That means that we can pass the spending bill.

To achieve responsible budget savings, government must be retooled with an effective spending-control system.

Congress must build on the success of the Budget Control Act.

I have long maintained the military budget is not a jobs bill... and will continue to support the lowest budget possible.

I don't know if there's ever been a budget that anyone has been 100 percent happy with.

I think it is wrong to balance the budget on the backs of local government.

I believe that if we are able to, obviously we need to ensure that we have a robust budget that's balanced, but there's no way I would ever accept austerity.

I've been a conservative when it comes to budgeting issues and streamlining government.

I'm still a conservative, you know, someone who believes in limited government and balanced budgets and the Constitution.

What's really important to me is that we have fiscally responsible balanced budgets.

The purpose of Conservative Budgets is to empower the British people and revitalise the country.

As a nation builder, Nehru was a complete failure.