Quotes About Government

I definitely think my ancestry has something to do with my politics. And I think being deeply suspicious of government and communists is implicit in a lot of first-generation immigrants, particularly from Eastern Europe. My mom came over from Romania when she was a kid and they fled the commies who took their family hemp farm.

Three times before, in the 1850s, the 1890s, and the 1920s, oligarchs took over the American government and threatened to destroy democracy. In each case, they overreached, and regular folks took back their government.

In order to fulfill the aspirations of masses, we have to sharpen the tool called the government machinery: we have to make it keen, more dynamic, and it is in this direction that we are working.

I realize there are a lot of folks in my political party who disagree with me on this, but I think the Patriot Act is an important law enforcement tool, and it makes our country safer.

It's the federal government's responsibility to secure our borders. We passed Senate Bill 1070 as another tool in order to protect the citizens of Arizona. We have over 500,000 illegal immigrants living in Arizona. And we simply cannot sustain it.

In addition to being a terrorist recruiting tool, Guantanamo is a huge drain on taxpayer dollars.

I always think a debt ceiling is a good tool to carry something.

Taxes are an important tool for us together with infrastructure investments, research, and development to create more jobs.

Fiscal policy is a very important part of the tool kit for policy makers.

From a constitutional point of view there is an advantage to democracy and it must be balanced and the Supreme Court should be given another constitutional tool that will also give power to Judaism.

We call the rangers 'the tool.' They're just kind of a tool of the government machine. They don't use their own mind.

The REAL ID Act is one tool to help safeguard against potential danger.

Globalization doesn't have to be a bad thing as long as government provides us all with the tools to cope in a changing world.

Politicians want people to be nice neighbours, but the tools at their disposal are just the tools of modern liberal society, which are nothing.

The increasing diversification of media ecosystems after decades of state control, along with new digital tools that allow for greater citizen engagement, have led to a dramatic reshaping of the dynamics between citizens, media, and government.

If the fiscal cliff occurs, I don't think the Federal Reserve has the tools to offset that event.

The Export-Import Bank is one of the most important tools America has to create jobs.

To me, that's the role of government: not to give people a hand out, but a hand up... giving people the tools to pave their own way to success.

My work in government has flowed from the fundamental idea of personal empowerment. It's about giving people the tools they need to pave their own way.

We want President Trump to have all the tools he needs to build the wall.

The important thing is that government gives the security services the tools that are necessary to keep us safe.

Every one of us deserves the right to have a great education that's going to prepare us and give us the tools that we need in order to thrive outside of school. It's our government's responsibility to make sure that everyone is included.

As a Member of the CBC, I will fight tooth and nail to increase funding for programs, such as Ryan White, that were flat funded in the President's budget.

The Arab spring was not as radical as the French or Iranian revolutions. It did not pull out the deeply entrenched roots of the state. Instead, it was satisfied to replace the top of the pyramid with newly elected, but inexperienced, leaders.