Quotes About Government

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

When a governor asks you to come and serve... or a president, subsequently in my life - you do so.

The Governor's Office is going to get out of the litigation business.

I don't think that attorneys should be in any way running for governor.

As governor, I'll reverse cuts to the Local Government Fund and will work cooperatively with communities across the state to combat the challenges they face.

America needs Governor Huckabee for president!

I think the governors would all agree that what we don't want from the federal government is unfunded mandates.

Governors are closer to the people than those in D.C., and we don't see any results from D.C.

Congress is like first grade, only not as well behaved.

All our rights are gradually eroded as government gets bigger.

Bright graduates will either set up their own companies or come and work for us or a consulting firm or government. But going to work for a small company if you are really good? No way.

I'll let Democrats defend spending our grandchildren broke on entitlements.

What I support is moving Medicaid to block grants so that the states can drive that process.

If you work a job outside of the hours a daycare that accepts government grants operates, if you are self-employed or you take classes not approved by federal daycare funding, you will have trouble finding ways around high child care costs.

The cold grasp of corruption shackles the District of Columbia.

I cannot say that the PAP has done me wrong or something. I think I'm quite grateful to the PAP.

It looks as if the NHS will gradually fade away, and we shall go back to a great deal of private medicine.

I think the Chinese government is doing a great job right now.

I'm in awe of what it takes to run a nation, especially our great nation.

But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success.

We have done great work for the U.S. government.

My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for.

I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world.

When you live in Washington, D.C., you do get a sense, in a very direct way, of the durability of our government and really, the greatness of the American system.