Quotes About Government

Refusing to be self-critical in order to solve conflicts enhances the power of the state.

Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.

The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government.

it is unthinkable to allow complete strangers, whether individually or collectively as state legislators or others in government, to make such personal decisions for someone else.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. —ISAIAH 9:6

Does politics have to be injected into everything?

For while white conservatives use government assistance copiously--whether it be Social Security, or mortgage tax relief, low-interest federal college loans or Medicare--in their political discussions they tend to define their benefits as not being "welfare," in contrast to the somehow less noble assistance provided to their black and brown neighbors.

The book of Revelation reveals to us that the way to counter the government's overreach is to begin with worship of the One on the throne, the Lamb in the middle of the throne, and the Seven Spirits around the throne.

The government runs the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, so they must know a thing or two about satisfying women.

To the degree that the British right hand didn't know what the left was doing, it was because a select group of men at the highest reaches of its government went to great lengths to ensure it. To that end, they created a labyrinth of information firewalls—deceptions, in a less charitable assessment—to make sure that crucial knowledge was withheld from Britain's wartime allies and even from many of her own seniormost diplomats and military commanders.

I've criticized President Bush for his failure to use his veto pen. There's plenty of blame to go around. The question is how to solve problems. It's not bailouts. What made America great? Free markets, free enterprise, manufacturing, job creation. That's how we're gonna do it, not by enlarging government.

we lose more and more bits and pieces of our collective identity daily; the beaten generation indeed, self-inflicted wounds, and our elected officials keep watch over us intent on keeping us content and complacent, so we willingly sell ourselves out for more tax breaks and we continue to consume and destroy ourselves while watching each other with suspicion.

People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans they have to be self-reliant.

I have to wonder now…while the government's off making money with its so-called "business," who governs the country? And I, for one, am just a little frightened of the thought that the future of our country depends on the gaming habits of our children. Will the President propose tomorrow that I let my son or daughter play video games because it supports the country? Will video games replace textbooks in school?!

Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you—either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.

What is government but theft by consent?

What is government but theft by consent? You'll be moving in a society of kindred spirits.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

obvious reason: giving people extra money to buy a home just filters through the market and makes them all more expensive. The real winners of the first home buyer policies are people who already own

When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.

I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but they've been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs.

So why am I facing a recall election? Simple: the big government union bosses from Washington want their money. They don't like the fact that I did something fundamentally pro-worker something that's truly about freedom.

One of those promises was to limit the size of government and to have the government serve the people - and not the other way around.