Quotes About Government

I was by Ariel Sharon's side on the day it was decided to form Kadima. It was founded in aim to create a government of hope and responsibility.

The consensus of the founders was, we don't want no government: we want limited but effective government.

Our founders thought long and hard about what the office of president should be. George Washington resisted the role, and then defined it.

America's founders knew the importance of allowing the people to speak critically about government actions.

The fact is, almost every year since the founding of these United States, our government has lived beyond its means.

The founding fathers of the U.S. were right when they erected that wall between church and state.

We already have two branches of federal government that factor political considerations into their decision-making, and our Founding Fathers determined long ago that we don't need a third.

The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations.

Why should you construe that Congress and BJP are the only forces at the Centre? There could be third or fourth force.

I think the average American has forgotten the great feel for liberty and accountability that the framers of the Constitution believed.

There was a fear among the original framers that the federal government would be so strong that they might destroy the state militias.

We have become bound by a political straitjacket that frames every debate: Too much federal government. Yet our forefathers forged this system for us. The federal government can accomplish what the states, acting alone or even in concert, cannot.

I support the elimination and defunding of all agencies like the Education and Energy Departments because they fall outside of the framework of the Constitution.

The Constitutional framework of checks and balances matters.

We have accepted there is a big role for government to create a framework where businesses can grow in all parts of the country.

Frankly, it's a bit shocking to me the lengths government will go to to let little Rappler feel its power.

Frankly, whatever assistance people get from FEMA will not have a lot of extras built into it, so they will need every dollar.

The government is one entity which can control fraud, both public and private.

In a free country, government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference.

Why, in our 'free' country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?

We Americans like to believe we live in a free country with the right to use the justice system to ensure that government abuses are stopped or redressed. That's far from the truth, and it's an awful thing to experience first-hand.

There's room in the Republican Party for anyone who wants to be a part of the values that we espouse when it comes to the role of government, free enterprise, free markets.

We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market.

The 'free market' is the product of laws and rules continuously emanating from legislatures, executive departments, and courts.