Top 1200 Government And Politics Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

Popular government has not yet been proved to guarantee, always and everywhere, good government.

Historically, it's very unusual after a change of government for the new government not to be returned.

But on the other hand government takes away a certain amount of liberty and in some countries it takes away all of liberty. And it will, everywhere, if people who fight government do not fight government any longer.

We don't want our government building files on what people think about their government.

Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men.

Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career one. Every now and then when I was in government, I would remind my associates that "When we start thinking of government as 'us' instead of 'them,' we've been here too long." By that I mean that elected officeholders need to retain a certain skepticism about the perfectibility of government.

I have... submitted the resignation of the government, and I have declared that I will not be a candidate to head the (next) government.

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not a father or mother. Government has never raised a child, and it never will.

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

I don't think I can remember a moment in my life where people didn't discuss politics. People discuss politics at the table.

We now have political chaos. We've got parties in Ireland saying they want to merge with Northern Ireland. You've got parties in Scotland saying you want to leave the U.K. You've got the Spanish government saying it would like to take ownership of Gibraltar, which is a British overseas territory... So just the politics of this is a mess.

One, if one is sensible, blames government, not the servers of government, not those entangled in their governments.

Spiritual government means a pure government that doesn't discriminate on the lines of caste, creed, or religion.

It is inconceivable that a secret arm of the government has to comply with all the overt orders of the government.

The British Government and the Irish Government have accepted very clearly the Mitchell Report.

Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves.

Government is basically a parasite, and if the host doesn't grow, then government suffers.

You're asking the government to control individual morality. This is a government that can't buy a toilet seat for under $600.

The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government.

ANARCHY, or the government of each man by himself or as the English say, self -government.

Pugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve.

It isn't possible to give government just a little control over the economy and our lives. Once we cede that power to government, it uses the power to take more from us. That's why every year the government controls more of our lives.

I certainly wasn't a fan of Thatcher's politics. People liked to label us as children of Thatcher. What nonsense. The real children of Thatcher came in the 1990s, and had no interest in politics. The Oasis, Britpop scene.

It didn't even occur to me that I could use my strong image in cinema to propagate my political ideas. To me, cinema was cinema and politics was politics.

When you go after someone who has a deep ideological belief set that is contradictory with your own, it's conversion. Conversion is hard. Conversion is miraculous. We have entire religions built around the idea of conversion. Politics is not a religion. Politics is about persuasion.

Terrorism can go anywhere where there is not strong government, or government that cannot control its hinterlands.

It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption.

Democracy is not a form of government. It is a political philosophy that can be embodied in various systems of government.

Paul Ryan says he's for smaller government, and he's funded every big government idea that there is.

'Let's Move!' is not about having government tell people what to do, because government doesn't have all the answers.

I've led a life working at every level of government, from Congress to local government.

Government! Government! What do I get for all I give, I'd like to know! Potholes and bombs!

If you are really interested in making government work, you should have the experience of working in government.

The British government - any government - is potentially the worst [architectural] client in the world.

A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.

Government usually doesn't work. It doesn't work because it is political. People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs. The difference between the political process and an honest life is the difference between parading around waving picket signs while hollering catcalls in front of the White House and getting up in the morning to go make a living.

Rather than politics of 'love jihad,' why shouldn't the concept of Love Jihad be applicable in politics?

I would bring the government back to what it was intended to be - a plain economical government.

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation

If the government decides to become a tyrannical government, our guns are to protect us against that.

As I get older ... I become more convinced that good government is not a substitute for self-government.

If you want a government that's going to do the things we ask our government to do, you've got to get it from somebody.

The role of the government is not to solve religious or sectarian or ethnic problems. These are age-old. I don't think any government of the day can solve all differences. But the government of the day can deliver to our citizens and show our citizens that they are equal in front of the law.

Many novelists say, "I'm not a political novelist" - myself included. That's a standard, even a default position. Whereas that divide between art and politics simply isn't possible in many countries. In Hungary, you couldn't be a fiction writer and then, when asked about politics, put your hands up in the air and say "But I'm not a political novelist." If you're a Chinese novelist, a novelist in a country where censorship is such an issue, how do you claim that politics has nothing to do with your writing? It's in your writing, it's shaping your words.

I don't even deal with politics. I just don't believe in them. I think politics are politricks. My whole thing is power to the people. I don't put my faith in any one man. I keep my faith in God. That's where I keep my faith.

We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government.

The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government.

We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government.

People want government to solve problems, but government is often the cause of the problem.

We need a lifetime ban on government officials lobbying for a foreign government.

I wonder if you are ashamed of calling a Democratically elected government a fascist government.

My government, a government of national unity, will make all necessary structural reforms.

The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.

At the end of the day, the government, local government all bow to public pressure.

In sports, I was representing my country, but in politics I represent people directly. I have always lived with a cause. In army, it was the existence of the sanctity of nation and the men I was commanding, and in sports, it was the pride of my country, while in politics, it is the rights of citizens I am fighting for.

I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government.

Global warming people ignore nature; they ignore water vapor; they ignore sunspot cycles and sun activity. It's typical liberal guilt and politics wanting to blame western societies and lifestyles for causing all these problems because it leads to government and United Nations solutions, and that's where liberals like power vested. And of course when people come along and don't agree, they gotta be shut up.

Government can't do everything, but there is a role for government and smart policy, especially in equalizing opportunities for folks.

Republican government - self-government by the people - is at the heart of what it means to be free.