Quotes About Government

Let's create jobs by bringing the Shaheen-Portman bipartisan energy efficiency bill to the floor.

My job is to enforce the laws of Florida.

The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied.

I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the fog of lies and avoid any responsibility for it.

I think, generally, the folks from mainland China have more positive feelings about the government here in many cases than the average Americans feel about their government.

Government can't do everything, but there is a role for government and smart policy, especially in equalizing opportunities for folks.

If you live in Tishomingo County and there's a statewide mask mandate you can't help but say, 'Well, that's probably for those folks in Hancock County.' If you put a statewide mandate, the folks in Hancock County are going to say, 'That's for the folks up in Tishomingo County, they can't possibly be talking about me.'

The diversification of the people's demand could not be followed by the state apparatus.

First of all, CIA follows the law.

A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.

I think our democracy has it exactly right: two terms, eight years. It's enough. Because it's important to have one foot in reality when you have access to this kind of power.

We can't do everything with a budget, but we can put the country on much sounder financial footing.

Our films have the ability to tell global audiences who we are, and this is something the government should feel compelled to protect. My film, 'Bend it Like Beckham,' for example, would not have been made without the backing and support of the U.K. Film Council.

I will have no distractions in my administration because we focused on doing what's best for the people of the state.

It's a question of whether or not we the people are still in charge. And by 'we the people,' I mean, is this truly a government of and by and for the people.

For me, democracy must deliver a better life for the people.

The first lesson of politics or, at least, democracy is that it is a government by the people and for the people, isn't it? What makes the person a big leader or a big name is only what the person has done for the people.

Sometimes we don't realize that the government is for the people by the people.

We need to restore our democracy to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Law, without force, is impotent.

In the United States, we can do almost anything we want. It's not like Egypt, where you're going to get murdered by the security forces.

Forcing some countries to accept democracy is something that should not be done.

There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary.

Every U.S. citizen should have the assurance that the U.S. government will come vigorously to their defense in a time of need, especially when they are unjustly tried in a foreign country.