Top 1200 Democratic Government Quotes & Sayings - Page 20
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Last updated on December 11, 2024.
Government has a legitimate sphere of operation. The problem arises when that sphere continually expands, encompassing areas where government lacks legitimacy.
Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.
Libertarians are believers in small government who really mean it -- no excuses, no exceptions. [For Libertarians], the excesses of government are their best recruiters.
I'm not here to say that the government is always right, but when the government tells you to do something, I'm sure you would all agree that I think you all recognize that is something you need to do.
I believe in open government. I've always believed in open government. I don't e-mail, however. And there's a reason: I don't want you reading my personal stuff.
A government that cannot survive truth and must resort to stamping out truth is not a government that any country wants.
One of the things government should be around for is to deal with catastrophes. It should do that well. To me, that's a government function, and we shouldn't be playing political games with it.
Not only is it possible to do lean startup in federal government, but it's the most effective way to drive change in the federal government.
I actually don't believe in big government, and half the time I'm never quite sure I believe in government, generally.
The divine science of government is the science of social happiness, and the blessings of society depend entirely on the constitutions of government.
When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us
Culture of dependency leads to a life of slavery, being totally dependent upon government. And government dictates where they go in life.
They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government.
We are a government of laws. Any laws some government hack can find to louse up a man who's down.
Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what.
When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses a threat to liberty.
Between government in the republican meaning, that is, Constitutional, representative, limited government, on the one hand, and Empire on the other hand, there is mortal enmity.
I've said we need to look at things from the perspective of working people and taxpayers, not from the perspective of government and government officials.
No form of government matters nearly as much as the spirit and intelligence brought to the administration of any form of government.
The UN is hardly democratic.
I guess my natural inclination is to finish what I started. We have a Conservative government in Nova Scotia. What I want to see is a Conservative government in Ottawa.
The government can become so elitist and concentrate on elitist interests. To help the government, you must constantly hold its attention.
The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.
As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.
Government is supposed to lead by example in many cases. Government that's not particularly caring and is hands-off is not particularly inspiring.
We are no longer demonstrators. We are not actors, we are now people committed to the proposition that if the government won't stop the war, we will stop the government.
It's fair to say that the policy and character of my government would be, or the government which I lead, would be very different to that of President Trump.
The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.
Vis a vis the Golan Heights, the present government of Israel, under my leadership, is the first government that is ready to speak about a withdrawal.
We're not like the American administration, we're not social media administration or government. We are a government that deals with reality. When we have evidence, we'll announce it.
The American people have come to rely on the government for their security. They will find out how incompetent the government is when they no longer have security.
I'm a Democrat, and there are an important group of things only the government can do. But let us be clear that for most of the world, what they most need is less government.
The government should stop meddling in the business of the farmers, who would actually still be living ina desert if not for government meddling.
I was a minister in the Vajpayee government. Atalji wanted to do so many things. But, since he was heading a coalition government, he could not do all those things.
A federal government with enough money to buy iPads for local gym teachers is not a federal government that has been cut to the bone.
Every country has criminals who have to be fought. They can exist anywhere, including the government or the army - or outside the government and army.
I don't trust the church or the government, and anything the church or the government tells me I assume to be a lie or a conspiracy, until proven true.
The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.
When the government controls a limited supply, the government gets to decide who gets the vaccines and who doesn't. In some cases, who lives and who doesn't.
As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.
Not only does a bureaucracy tend to under-government in point of quality; it tends to over-government in point of quantity.
The simple truth is that our businessmen do not want a government that will let business alone. They want a government they can use.
Transparency in government, no less than transparency in choosing government, remains a vital national interest in a democracy.
Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders.
The big difference in those days was that in England the Government subsidized TV, in America we work on TV so we can subsidize the Government.
...[the federal] government [has no authority] to deliver a service,...and there's no evidence to show that government has ever been efficient [at] delivering...service.
Reagan used to say that 'we're a country with a government.' Well, now we're a government with a country, and we're making everybody else that way, too.
Why are liberals who want the government to regulate their health care upset that the government wants to regulate their internet?
Let me tell you, that's what taxation is - it's confiscation. It's your money, it's not the government's money. But the government makes you think that it all comes from them.
Taiwan is democratic.
My first goal as governor is to restore public trust in state government by changing the culture of state government.
While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government.'
I arose and spoke substantially as follows: ... I love the government and the constitution of the United States, but I do not love the damned rascals who administer the government.
If God is in fact separated from the government, then we can never possibly have a godly government. There's no way for America to be good if she's not godly.
The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.
Really, having a gun registry and having to rely on the government to keep it secret, the government isn't so great at keeping confidences.
The marketplace is democratic.
The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks.
Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.
