Quotes About Government

One must realise that it is not a child's play to run a government.

As a result of the policies of my government, black money in real estate sector has declined substantially, the prices of houses have come down and the dream of a normal middle class family for possessing their own house is being realised.

I soon realised the state rulers were being protected by the federal government who relied on these rotten boroughs to deliver their vote.

You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument, and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well.

It's a good line to say we're going to get money out of politics. I don't know how realistic it is.

A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.

There is simply no limitation on the realistic power of the U.N. over us.

The market doesn't work very well when it comes to public goods.

Google has withdrawn from China, arguing that it is no longer willing to design its search engine to block information that the Chinese government does not wish its citizens to have. In liberal democracies around the world, this decision has generally been greeted with enthusiasm.

And under our system, much like you see in the U.K., of course, a party working with another party can form a coalition and govern the country.

For millions of Americans who happen to be black or brown, that core bond of trust with the government that governs closest to you, is too often broken.

I guess my view is I believe less governance is best governance and that government should not do what the free enterprise and private enterprise and indidividual entrepreneurship and the states can do.

We were given a system of government that places the people at the center of all decision-making and relies on the consent of the governed, with our rights and the government's limitations clearly outlined.

Legislative language is governed by a law of etymology that is also the ancient code of the bureaucracy: It doesn't have to be right, it just has to be close enough for government work. If they understand what you mean, it doesn't matter what you say or how you say it.

Democratic government requires the consent of the governed.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

The government serves the people - not vice-versa.

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.

I went to Boston fully expecting to be arrested - arrested by a polizia created by a government that my ancestors rebelled to establish.

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

Government should fear the people, not the other way around.

A government is for the benefit of all the people.