Quotes About Government

Donde no hay propiedad privada ni siquiera es posible la rebelión contra la tiranía

If government is to respect people's autonomy, or to treat them with dignity, it should not deprive them of freedom. It should treat them as adults, rather than children or infants.

d]espotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvements, and the means justified by actually effecting that end.

By itself, partyism is not the most serious threat to democratic self-government. But if it decreases government's ability to solve serious problems, then it has concrete and potentially catastrophic consequences for people's lives. I

It might also count as an insult to dignity, and a form of infantilization, if the government constantly reminds people of things that they already know.

The problem was so widespread that in 1793 Congress passed the first Fugitive Slave Act.

Depending upon the nature of the cultural information received, the Métis person might decide to identify as First Nations exclusively. Some people may choose to identify as both First Nations and Métis; it is the federal government that requires people to choose one of the two. (p. 45)

The government announced that never again will this country allow such a 'lapse in humanity to poison us and strip people of their basic human rights.' Everybody looks back and wonders how we allowed it to happen in the first place. It all seems so simple now.

An armed disciplined force is in its essence dangerous to liberty.

Nature's laws are the invisible government of the earth. —Alfred Montapert

Congress is a place that lacks any debate of ideas.

President of the United States is you know, our boss, so you know, the President and the First Lady are kinda like the Mom and the Dad of the country. And when your Dad says something you listen.

If you laid all our laws end to end, there would be no end.

You cannot expect so much freedom in a land of 1.3 billion people.

I'm supposed to enforce the laws of the land.

Would most politicians have gone to a meeting with someone advertised as being an agent of the Russian government?

Look, I'm a member of the House of Lords and I'm the first to admit that I don't understand how one gets new laws through.

The Department of Justice is a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

If becoming a member of Congress is like going to college, then crafting legislation is our homework.

I am proud to be a member of the Congress of the United States.

In 1930 I became a member of the Reichstag.

Hey, well, I've been a pretty conservative member of congress.

Now I get a very nice salary as a member of Congress, but when I'm in Washington, I sleep in my office.

Every member of Congress has highways in their district.