Top 1200 Government And Society Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

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

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

There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.

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

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

The federal government, state governments will not do without that tax revenue from tobacco no matter what. I've always thought it was one of the most contradictory setups that we have, because everything said publicly about the product is intended to besmirch it, impugn it, and do the same thing to the people that use it. And yet here's the government scoring, I mean, you want to talk about obscene profits, the government doesn't do a damn thing but stick its hand in. The government taxes tobacco at every stage. It taxes tobacco when the farmer's thinking about planting it.

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

We want to achieve a new and better order of society: in this new and better society there must be neither rich nor poor; all will have to work. Not a handful of rich people, but all the working people must enjoy the fruits of their common labour. Machines and other improvements must serve to ease the work of all and not to enable a few to grow rich at the expense of millions and tens of millions of people. This new and better society is called socialist society.

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

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

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

Religious freedom is often referred to as America's first freedom. Our country was founded by religious exiles and built on the belief that God has given all people certain inalienable rights. Government's role in society is to protect these rights and ensure that we are safe from religious persecution and discrimination.

The society which we have built can in no way be termed "state socialism."The social organization which we have created can be termed a Soviet, socialist organization which has not yet been quite completed, but is in its root a socialist organization of society. The foundation of this society is public ownership.

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

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

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

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

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

Certainly the worker has nothing to lose by a change from government and capitalism to a condition of no government, of anarchy.

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.

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

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.

Pollution and overuse of resources stem directly from the failure of government to defend private property. If property rights were to be defended adequately, we would find that here, as in other areas of our economy and society, private enterprise and modern technology would come not as a curse to mankind but as its salvation.

The deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness - doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement. [Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.

The devotion of democracy to education is a familiar fact. The superficial explanation is that a government resting upon popular suffrage cannot be successful unless those who elect and who obey their governors are educated. Since a democratic society repudiates the principle of external authority, it must find a substitute in voluntary disposition and interest; these can be created only by education.

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

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

During the last times, men will be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. When you think of our sports-driven society, and our media-driven society, and our leisure-driven society, then you understand we are living in the last days.

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

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

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

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

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

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

the fateful equating of power with violence, of the political with government, and of government with a necessary evil has begun.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I think more civil society programs, more free enterprise, more contacts with their fellow brethren in Miami - that's good for the long-term, and that's an investment in America's long-term relationship with the Cuban people, not the Cuban government.

If I was in government and running government, I think I would use the government data, because I wouldn't know where else to look, quite frankly. And if I didn't like that data, I would work hard to make sure it got better and better and better, whether it was at the state or local or federal level.

All the things I used to count on to get my music out there - record companies, they're all gone. And radio stations, they're gone - they're completely controlled by the government. If they're not controlled by the government, they're controlled by a programmer who's controlled by the government. Mainstream radio is suspect. You can't trust it.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

A simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town square test: Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm? If he can, then that person is living in a free society. If not, it's a fear society.

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

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

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

A lot of people in the western world don't realize how much taxes limit their options. You can end up paying almost half your income in taxes, which basically means you're working for the government for 180 days a year. I think I can find better ways to use the money I make for the benefit of society.

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.

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

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

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