Quotes About Action

the government can do nothing for you. But you can do everything for yourselves

Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.

The true slogan of a true democracy is not 'Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.

It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.

Never blame a legislative body for not doing something. When they do nothing, that don't hurt anybody. When they do something is when they become dangerous.

Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more government action or less.

People are always saying,'They'll take care of it. The government'll--Don't worry, they'll--' 'They' who? It starts with us. It's us. Or else it'll never be done...

I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution.

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.

Words don't change children's lives. Real action by the government and equality would.

Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.

When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much.

What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

In government and out, there are vast realms of the bureaucracy dedicated to seeking more information, in perpetuity if need be, in order to avoid taking action.

If you can't even manage to to force your own presumably democratic governments to allow you to do good things for yourselves, then you probably deserve to become extinct.

It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act.

The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

Governments can't keep looking over the shoulder or at the constellation of stars. You have got to do what you have got to do.

If we want the nation to move ahead, then we'll have to leave behind the thinking that Government will do everything...we all need to collectively devote to make our country move forward.

And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.

We act not for ourselves but for the whole human race. The event of our experiment is to show whether man can be trusted with self - government.