Quotes About Government

History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured.

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.

The illegal immigrants are like termites. They are eating the grain that should go to the poor; they are taking our jobs.

Only Congress has the authority to adequately and holistically address our broken immigration system.

I'm on record saying nothing about immigration until we secure the borders. The borders are not secure.

UKIP talk a lot about immigration - but they don't have a serious plan for action.

Dealing with immigration should originate in Congress. The president should not act unilaterally.

I was one of the founding members of State Legislators for Legal Immigration.

Immigration customs enforcement is a role that makes sense. We have to have something that is doing that.

Every level of government has a role to play in combating the rise of MS-13 and other gangs, and we must crack down on the aspects of our nation's broken immigration system and other policies that have allowed MS-13 and other gangs to take hold in our communities and stay there.

We should return to Howard-era immigration levels in NSW.

Congress makes immigration law. It's that simple. That is how our system works.

The immigration laws of the United States should not be used to buy and sell political favors.

If the federal government will not enforce the immigration laws, our state and local law enforcement should be empowered to do so.

Congress is the appropriate place to make laws about our country's immigration policy; it is not something that the president gets to decide on his own.

Immigration policy should be set and enforced federally.

As home secretary, I will work to ensure that our immigration policy is fair and humane.

Government is essentially immoral.

The law is immoral.

Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will.

When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.

I definitely think it's important for a CEO of any large corporation to understand how policy impacts their business and be aware of the decisions being made in Congress.

I challenge the Government to come clean on the cost of Brexit. The reason they can't look us in the eye, it's because they know this will leave us worse off and with less control. It's a gross abuse of civil service impartiality.

To be clear, impeachment is above all else a political act.