Quotes About Government

It's time for the government to scale back, not for people of faith to scale back!

I think the important thing is to realize that the establishment of a democracy is sometimes a messy thing and it takes time. Yeah, we've been at it 240 years.

What happens in committee if the committee functions, more often than not, not every time but more often than not, a bill comes out with bipartisan support.

I think there is need for economic stimulus... and government can help make that up in a very difficult time.

Republicans spent too much money, borrowed too much money, earmarked too much. In this race, I'm the only guy who hasn't spent time in Washington.

Laws are the DNA of government. They must evolve with time.

A good government is one with many information channels, those that give real-time information.

It has become a fashion to declare a package after every crisis. The time has come to pack those who keep giving these packages that don't reach the farmers.

That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do.

There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress.

It is easier to fool the people, than to convince them they have been fooled. No man's life,liberty, and property are safe while the legislature is in session.

The government of my country snubs honest simplicity but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed into a very capable pickpocket if I had remained in the public service a year or two.

The mania for giving the Government power to meddle with the private affairs of cities or citizens is likely to cause endless trouble.

congress - that great, benevolent asylum for the helpless

A man can't get his rights in a govment like this. Sometimes I've a mighty notion to just leave the country for good and all.

Sometimes I wish we could hear of a country that's out of kings.

We have the best government money can buy.

Greece is a bleak, unsmiling desert, without agriculture, manufactures or commerce, apparently. What supports its poverty-stricken people or its Government, is a mystery.

The charming island of Rock Island, three miles long and half a mile wide, belongs to the United States, and the Government has turned it into a wonderful park, enhancing its natural attractions by art, and threading its fine forests with many miles of drives. Near the center of the island one catches glimpses, through the trees, of ten vast stone four-story buildings, each of which covers an acre of ground.

diplomacy is simply the name we have agreed to give to lying about national affairs. I

Remember this, take this to heart, live by it, die for it if necessary: that our patriotism is medieval, outworn, obsolete; that the modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism, is loyalty to the Nation ALL the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

An honest man in politics shines more there than he would elsewhere. - A Tramp Abroad

their form of government in such a manner as they may think expedient." Under that gospel, the citizen who thinks he sees that the commonwealth's political clothes are worn out, and yet holds his peace and does not agitate for a new suit, is disloyal; he is a traitor.

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