Quotes About Government

I firmly believe the way forward for our nation is to have a robust democracy.

When it comes to public services, I am firmly on the side of the public.

Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.

Obama cannot erase the Second Amendment without crippling or controlling exercise of the First Amendment.

Protesters can't violate First Amendment rights. Only the government can do that.

If we don't have the ability to keep and bear arms, then who knows when they are going to decide they want to take the First Amendment away from us, or one of the other amendments.

Even the president is not beyond the reach of the First Amendment.

As both a First Amendment absolutist and as an American, I want to keep our government as far away from our press as possible.

Well, first of all, let's go right to it. We're going to balance the budget. We should live within our own means, and we should read the bills and work with the American people.

I understand firsthand that Washington is broken.

We have major fiscal problems on our hand.

Fiscal policy is not just, or even not even principally, the purview of the president.

There are libertarian conservatives, fiscal conservatives, and social conservatives. I feel conservative in terms of limited government, individual responsibility, self-sufficiency - that sort of thing.

It is important for India to stay the course on fiscal consolidation.

Congress must demonstrate fiscal responsibility.

Berlusconi is no longer fit to lead our country.

The Congress will form the government on its own and people will teach a fitting lesson to the TRS.

If the national government doesn't fix your problem, you've got a problem. You've got to fix it yourself. That's just part of the American way.

We have to end Medicare as we know it. We have to fix it.

Asking the government to fix our economy is like asking an editor to fix a movie, but in this case, the editor's not even of one mind.

I had some adventures at the White House, but hardly enough to fill a full memoir.

The White House has a secular, humanistic agenda.

Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary of Defense and the White House, the decision makers have got to have ground truth. Otherwise, the decisions they make could be flawed - and that can be dangerous.

On my first day in office as President Quavo, I'd move my whole family into the White House. Second, I'd pull all the troops back. Third, I'd raise the minimum wage to a good, nice amount so people get paid.