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Quotes About Government

It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the Internet as a threat in part because they see the U.S. government behind the Internet.
~ Evgeny Morozov
Barack Obama is a threat to the continued existence of the United States, and he must be impeached, or resign.
~ Kesha Rogers
In the government's eyes, the Branch Davidians were a threat.
~ Malcolm Gladwell
We have built as a government something called the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force, NCIJTF, where 19 federal agencies sit together and divide up the work. See the threat, see the challenge, divide it up and share information.
~ James Comey
The threat of gold redeemability imposes a constant check and limit on inflationary issues of government paper. If the government can remove the threat, it can expand and inflate without cease. And so it begins to emit propaganda, trying to persuade the public not to use gold coins in their daily lives.
~ Murray Rothbard
The politicization of the presidency would pose a real threat to the institution and its function.
~ Reuven Rivlin
Putting aside the growing threat from Islamic jihadist terrorism, most of America's problems are home grown. So when I say overthrow the establishment to fix the economy, and the brilliant businessman Wilbur Ross says we need radical new approaches to government, we're talking two sides of the same coin.
~ Lawrence Kudlow
What did we want out of Iraq? We wanted a country that was stable and secure, that elected its own government, that was not going to be a threat to its neighbors and also was capable of protecting and defending itself. That was our objective in Iraq.
~ Jack Keane
President Obama was never going repeal Obamacare - he was not going to be brought to his knees with the threat of a government shutdown.
~ Dana Perino
The American people and the entire world need to understand that the threat to life on earth resides in Washington and that until Washington is fundamentally and totally changed, this threat will remain as the worse threat to life on earth.
~ Paul Craig Roberts
People everywhere face the threat of control by government and technology.
~ Paul Craig Roberts
I would have never run for office if it wasn't for the fact that my biggest threat to my company was the federal government and the overreach of the EPA. They've gone too far, and it's time for them to be pulled back in.
~ Markwayne Mullin
President Donald Trump is a direct and serious threat to our country.
~ Rashida Tlaib
Freedom means the U.S. government not being the main threat to countries around the world.
~ Patrisse Cullors
The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens, whether the threat is a domestic one or from abroad.
~ Amber Rudd
The greatest threat to our freedom and prosperity is not al-Qaida, the Taliban, Iran or even China. It's an idea, the idea that we can spend our way out of our problems without tightening our belt and paring down the very bloated government.
~ Erik Prince
The prosperity that drives our economic security is inherently linked to our national security. And the immense influence that the Chinese government holds over Chinese corporations like Huawei represents a threat to both.
~ Christopher A. Wray
You can be sure that Judicial Watch is investigating and monitoring the responses of our government to the coronavirus threat.
~ Tom Fitton
The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
~ Foster Friess
Europe advises, sometimes threatens, and tells us, 'You should make a budget of 10 billion euros in taxes.' Are they joking? The last thing that Italy needs is taxes.
~ Matteo Salvini
Today it is evident that we have two political parties: the Tax and Spenders and the No-Tax and Spenders. Neither party is fiscally conservative. Is there no room at the inn for an honest conservative? A conservative who makes the case for smaller government on its merits and not just as the fallback option when fiscal bankruptcy threatens?
~ Alex Tabarrok
Under the rule of law, if the government wants to prevent firms from outsourcing and offshoring, it enacts legislation and adopts regulations to create the appropriate incentives and discourage undesirable behaviour. It does not bully or threaten particular firms or portray traumatised refugees as a security threat.
~ Joseph Stiglitz
We want our president to be a president and not threaten to shut down the government over a wall. To change the oppression that happens in this country, it has no place in the world, let alone America.
~ Eric Reid
People have become disillusioned with Parliament, and that threatens democracy.
~ John Rhys-Davies