Quotes About Government

Devemos reconhecer o governo humano como algo designado por Deus, e devemos ensinar obediência a ele como um dever sagrado em sua esfera legítima. No entanto, quando suas exigências entram em conflito com as reivindicações de Deus, devemos obedecer a Deus e não aos homens. O "Assim diz o Senhor" não deve ser deixado de lado por causa de um "Assim diz a igreja" ou um "Assim diz o Estado".

It is worth stating clearly and unambiguously what official U.S. government spokespersons have not: For years, individuals and charities based in Saudi Arabia have been the most important source of funds for Al Qaeda; and for years, Saudi officials have turned a blind eye to this problem.

Voters in a so-called democracy may depose tyrants or crooks in isolated cases but they cannot give birth, full grown like Minerva, to honest and experienced statesmen to take their places.

En l'absence de grands conflits armés, l'incarcération de masse constitue le programme social le plus assidûment appliqué par les gouvernements de notre époque.

Do you know how much cheaper we could buy that feed if we'd get into the government program?" "The feed wouldn't be cheaper. It'd just mean somebody else was helpin' pay for it, is all.

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy.

I have great respect for President Bush, Secretary Powell and Secretary Ridge.

In addition, California spends nearly $1 billion a year in Medi-Cal services for an average of 780 000 illegal immigrants a month, over and above emergency health services.

The power to investigate is a great public trust.

A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb.

La catástrofe, para el hombre, se debe a que no puede quedarse solo. No hay ni una persona que pueda estar sola consigo misma. Actualmente, todos los que deberían vivir consigo mismos se apresuran a encender la televisión o la radio. Creo que, si un Gobierno suprimiera la televisión, los hombres se matarían entre sí en la calle, porque el silencio los aterraría.

The right to suppress everyone that bothers us should rank first in the constitution of the ideal State.

Seek justice from tyrannical governments not with your hat in your hand but a rifle in your fist

In molti libri americani, "democrazia" aveva una connotazione fortemente negativa. A Jefferson la parola non piaceva; come governo, la democrazia era invisa a tutti i Padri fondatori.

Uno dei motivi della ribellione degli americani fu il sospetto che il governo della madrepatria volesse imporre alle colonie la Chiesa anglicana come religione di Stato. Nelle

Quando assunse l'incarico di primo ministro in uno dei principali Stati europei, governato da oltre cinquant'anni con un regime parlamentare, Mussolini aveva 39 anni. Non solo era il più giovane primo ministro della storia d'Italia, ma era deputato appena da un anno e non aveva mai avuto altra esperienza di governo.

Franklin alla fine della sua vita, dopo un decennio di esperienza del governo americano, concludeva: «vi è nell'umanità un'inclinazione naturale per il governo monarchico».

Most political crises—the decisive votes, which determine the fate of Government—are generally either on questions of foreign policy or of new laws; and the questions of foreign policy come out generally in this way, that the Government has already done something, and that it is for the one part of the legislature alone—for the House of Commons, and not for the House of Lords—to say whether they have or have not forfeited their place by the treaty they have made.

The evils of a bad tax are quite sure to be pressed upon the ears of Parliament in season and out of season; the few persons who have to pay it are thoroughly certain to make themselves heard.

The use of the Queen, in a dignified capacity, is incalculable. Without her in England, the present English Government would fail and pass away. Most people when they read that the Queen walked on the slopes at Windsor—that the Prince of Wales went to the Derby—have imagined that too much thought and prominence were given to little things. But they have been in error; and it is nice to trace how the actions of a retired widow and an unemployed youth become of such importance.

A legislature continuously sitting, always making laws, always repealing laws, would have been both an anomaly and a nuisance.

Probably in most cases the greatest wisdom of a constitutional king would show itself in well-considered inaction.

Public opinion is the test of this polity; the best opinion which with its existing habits of deference, the nation will accept: if the free government goes by that opinion, it is a good government of its species; if it contravenes that opinion, it is a bad one.

Not only does the nation endure a Parliamentary government, which it would not do if Parliament were immoderate, but it likes Parliamentary government. A sense of satisfaction permeates the country because most or the country feels it has got the precise thing that suits it.