Quotes About Government

We shall have lost something vital and beyond price on the day when the state denies us the right to resort to force.

Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline.

Senator: Person who makes laws in Washington when not doing time.

It's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother!

It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.

At no time in the past century has public distrust of the government been so broadly distributed across the political spectrum, as it is today.

I learned from my past, and I now employ those lessons going forward, looking to the future - don't you think it's about time our government did, too?

A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect.

I'm glad the government has shut down. Think about it, for the first time in years it's safe to talk on the phone and send emails without anybody listening in.

I am confident, however old-fashioned this may sound, that funds left in the hands of the public will come into the Exchequer with interest at the time in the future when we need them.

For a time, we forgot the American dream isn't one of making government bigger, it's keeping faith with the mighty spirit of free people under God

What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it.

When is the last time government admitted it might have made a mistake and canceled a program?

The constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruption's of time and party, its members would become despots.

Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can't ruin this country even with politics.

But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.

It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives.

To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time must lend themselves to their committal.

Next time someone says, 'Where has big government ever gotten us?' the correct answer is 'Mars.'

I can't understand what's holding up our missile program. It's the first time the government ever had trouble making the taxpayers' money go up in smoke.

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen.

History makes the point time and time again No greater mischief can be created than to merge the power of religion with the power of government.

The idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers - that's an old idea that's failed every time it's been tried.