Quotes About Government

If you put your politicians up for sale, as the US does (alone in this among industrialized democracies), then someone will buy them--and it won't be you; you can't afford them.

Elaine complained about this at night, in her matrimonial bed, and then complained that in Colombia all the citizens were political but no politician wanted to do anything for the citizens.

Só tinha duas orientações. A primeira era que, com o governante no ativo – rei, presidente ou general – nunca se discute, uma vez que, afinal, ele é provisório.

It was not until the spring of 1859 [two years later] that the children [the survivors of the murdered emigrant train] were officially turned over to the government officials, and bills for their care were made… The policy of letting the government pay seems to have been general…

At least Obama was half-way honest about how much he was going to spend on health care. He had it at $600 billion. And the real number... is $1.2 trillion.

You agree to pay me X dollars for this book, and I agree upon receipt of the X dollars to deliver you the book. The right to enter into that agreement is a natural right; the right to have that agreement enforced is one of the aspects of human freedom that governments exist in order to protect.

No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.

Second, marriage is an issue that our Founding Fathers wisely left to the states.

If you spend enough time in or around Washington, you'll meet amazing people who work for the government.

when you see someone in a tree trying to protect it , you know that every level of our society have failed , the consumers have failed , the companies have failed , the government has failed .

Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it means chaos and confusion.

I come from a government in Indiana where we did get things done.

The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues.

Whether the Constitution allows indictment of a sitting president is debatable.

I am delighted to see the government spending more money to improve Indigenous life, and I would be happy to see even more spent.

It is racist, and it was racist when it was created. The Indian Act controls, or seeks to control, the lives of all indigenous people in a way that you and I would never accept.

Governments unaccountable to law are tyrannies, whatever they might call themselves, no matter how exceptional and indispensable they declare themselves to be.

Free enterprise, individual opportunity, limited government. They made America great; only they can keep America strong.

Classical liberalism is the idea that individual freedom and limited government are the best way for humans to form a free society.

I am not about to be a party to anything having to do with the law that is going to destroy individual freedom and liberty in this country.

Lots of people say politics is about individualism and egos. I happen to think government is best operated as a team.

It doesn't make any sense to continue to elect people like Ron Kind or Russ Feingold, individuals that literally are dedicated to growing the federal government.

Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent.

I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.