Quotes About Government

The public needs to know that any Government has a sense of purpose.

The FDA serves a real purpose: To protect public health.

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible.

One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right to interfere for any purpose except for that of affording protection.

Nothing happens in any legislative body that's not purposeful.

I think there's a lot of moms who just aren't feeling protected. And that's one of the prime purposes of the federal government, is the security of our nation.

The U.K. government has a responsibility to keep secrets in some circumstances. It also has a responsibility not to abuse that power for other purposes.

It's clear from what we have already learned that the Obama administration freely used our tax dollars for political purposes, including support of the Soros operation.

Congress has the constitutional responsibility to control the power of the 'purse'.

We've got the power of the purse in the Congress.

U.S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U.S. national security and to foreign policy objectives in the Middle East.

For our part, the U.S. government has an obligation to aggressively pursue every opportunity to expand trade, boost the economy, and create well-paid jobs here at home.

In order to encourage private investors to pursue long-term, responsible projects, governments need to promote consistent policies and frameworks.

As members of Congress, we have to pursue the Congressional Review Act legislation as soon as possible.

There's always cause for concern if bad policies are pursued.

Rigid, state-enforced sex equality is a Marxist policy, pursued to the outer limits in the old East Germany and now being adopted here.

On the left, nationalisation is pursued for its own sake - as a panacea that will somehow fix train travel all by itself.

The Muslim Brotherhood, or 'the Brotherhood' for short, is an Islamic group founded in Egypt in 1928. It has been pursuing a secret campaign to take over the government since its creation.

I'm really keen to see a Labour government because there are many things to be done, not least pursuing a sensible Brexit and not one that damages our economy and jobs.

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

I have entered the field to die, if need be, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of this war of preservation has become a fact established.

I look forward to working across the aisle in pursuit of our common goal to get Kansas' fiscal house in order.

If you believe, like I do, that the world is abundant with possibilities, then we need to make sure we build capacity so that everybody is successful or can be successful in the pursuit of their dreams - not the dreams of someone from government, but their own dreams.

You cannot deprive somebody of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, because that is a right - constitutional right.