Top 1200 Government Corruption Quotes & Sayings - Page 13

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

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

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

I want to hold government accountable and help create a more efficient and effective government.

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

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

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.

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

Madison understood that if you want to protect rights from government abuse, you would be wise not to give government the power in the first place that can be used to abuse rights. That is a lesson we have forgotten. As we have asked government to do more and more for us, we have forgotten that a government big enough to give us everything we want will be powerful enough to take everything we have.

Now we are in the second term of the government of a united nation and the government has done very well. One thing they have done, one thing people could not be blind to, was the achievement this government has made in giving human beings dignity, which they did not enjoy before. They now have dignity.

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

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.

The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.

I want to work closely with the government but it doesn't mean I become so weak and just toe the government line.

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

We want a national emissions trading scheme, the Government does not and has rejected one for years. We want to boost the mandatory renewable energies target, the Government has failed to do that. We want a national demand side management strategy for the country to reduce electricity consumption and the Government, up until now, has done very little on that score.

I'm against government giving money to artists, but I'm not against artists taking money. Just like I don't have a moral problem with people taking healthcare from the government, but I don't think government should give it.

The revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government.

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

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

A Swaraj government means a government established by the free joint will of Hindus, Mussalmans and others.

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

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

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

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

I applaud strong government, but not overweening government sustained by cronies, ciphers and a personality cult.

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!

I can't sit here and be a hypocrite and say I'm for limited government, but I think the government should decide what women do with their bodies.

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

If someone builds a fortune, it belongs to him, not the government. An entitled government undermines liberty.

Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the government did something, compared to what actually happened when the government did nothing.

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states.

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

Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?

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

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

One of the reasons that I am in favor of less government is because when you have more government, industrialists take it over.

Trust me, I've been to countries where there's no government. And our government's pretty damned good.

The career politicians in Washington had transformed a government "for the people" into a government for themselves and for special interests.

Much worse than the unavoidable inefficiencies of large government is the failure to fund the government we need.

American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees.

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

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.

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

All this anti-Christian rhetoric that you see coming from the government, all this anti-Christian push, is not really an attack on Christianity. It's an effort to make you realize that God is your government. Your government is God.

We're a country that abhors the government. From Reagan on, many people think the government is the enemy in the United States.

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

One of those promises was to limit the size of government and to have the government serve the people - and not the other way around.

Ours is a fully democratic government, which in our language we call a people's government.

I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time.

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

The best government is the least government. In some areas, I'm libertarian. I don't subscribe to any one party; they are all bad.

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

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

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.

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

The big problem for a democratic government - democrat with a small "d" - is how to hold down government spending.