Quotes About Government

Eventually, Nixon ran a very centrist presidency, not a Goldwater conservative presidency.

I only became involved in politics when democracy returned to Bolivia. Then, unluckily in democracy, we ran into the inheritance of 20 years of military government, a great deal of debt, and a great deal of expense.

I always assumed the Department of Agriculture was the farmer and rancher's friend.

The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it.

Patient autonomy is paramount to the oath that we take when we enter the profession of medicine. That is why I am appalled when the federal government gets between my patients and their right to the full range of medical information and complete access to health care.

In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate.

The important thing for the government to do is to help people who cannot help themselves by providing a range of support.

People care about their financial futures, and politics is very much a part of that.

The American people deserve to know that their elected leaders play by the exact same rules that they play by and that their lawmakers' only interest is what's best for the country, not their own financial gain.

Local government is a gamble that can have disastrous consequences when it fails.

Alabama is better than to depend on gambling to fund its government.

Government is not a game show, though at times it is amusing and entertaining to watch.

Rajiv Gandhi could have certainly attempted to form a Congress-led coalition government in 1990.

I'm not married to a 45-cent gas tax.

To defend our country we need to gather intelligence on the enemy, but when the intelligence lies to Congress, how are we to trust them? The phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business.

What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.

The generational change in our government should not give hope to the adversaries of the revolution. We are continuity, not a rupture.

I think the founding fathers, in their genius, created a system of three co-equal branches of government and a built-in system of checks and balances.

Trust in our economic system and the genius and hard work of our citizens beyond the mandate and control of government.

I think the American system is incredibly well developed. I think the founding fathers were geniuses.

As an MP, I could hardly meet my constituents' genuine needs as the funds at an MP's disposal are meagre.

No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.

When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal.

George Bush created lots of jobs.