Top 1200 Government Involvement Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

Not only does a bureaucracy tend to under-government in point of quality; it tends to over-government in point of quantity.

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.

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.

Transparency in government, no less than transparency in choosing government, remains a vital national interest in a democracy.

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.

When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses a threat to liberty.

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.

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.

In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a General Government necessary for us, and there is no form of government, but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered; and believe further, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.

If the government were obliged to come to the people for money instead of vice-versa, the people would keep government under control and operate their economy satisfactorily with prosperity and peace resulting. The peoples of the nations do not make war. For them peace is the natural and permanent order. Wars are planned and perpetrated by politicians and their diplomats; and the money power of government is the means by which the people are maneuvered into wars.

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.

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.

The divine science of government is the science of social happiness, and the blessings of society depend entirely on the constitutions of government.

Freedom is the default position. Everything the government does takes away some of our freedom... That's why we have a constitution, to restrain the government.

I had to sign the paper to shut down the government. It's terrible.... [But] what the shutdown showed many, many people is the importance of the role of government. And as frustrated [as people get with] Washington, there are so many things [the government does] that are so important to people's lives every day. The panda cam, paying small businesses their loans - these are all things that shut down.

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.

Government doesn't have to be the enemy, but too much government has produced a new kind of inequality in America: opportunity inequality.

Why are liberals who want the government to regulate their health care upset that the government wants to regulate their internet?

Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth

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'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.

I say thank God for government waste. If government is doing bad things, it's only the waste that prevents the harm from being greater.

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.

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.

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.

When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us

I actually don't believe in big government, and half the time I'm never quite sure I believe in government, generally.

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.

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.

When you see government leaders really bullying business, you know that government's economic policy is failing. They get angry and they get desperate.

The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.

Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.

For liberty to expand, government must shrink. For the economy to grow, government must get out of the way.

My first goal as governor is to restore public trust in state government by changing the culture of state government.

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.

The simple truth is that our businessmen do not want a government that will let business alone. They want a government they can use.

No form of government matters nearly as much as the spirit and intelligence brought to the administration of any form of government.

The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which barely escapes being no government at all.

The government can become so elitist and concentrate on elitist interests. To help the government, you must constantly hold its attention.

I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do.

Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission.

It is not safe in the republican form of government that clannishness should exist either by compulsory or voluntary reason. It is not good for the government and it is not good for the individual.

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.

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.

While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government.'

We are a government of laws. Any laws some government hack can find to louse up a man who's down.

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.

I introduced the Transparency in Government Act, a multi-faceted transparency bill that would bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal 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.

Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.

Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what.

The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks.

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.

While we have a Constitution that is very strong in the sense that we are not gonna have a religion that's sanctioned by the government, it doesn't mean that we need to have a separation between government and religion.

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.

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.

What are you so mad about? That we still have a government? We still have “traffic lights.” We’re sorry. The government’s not perfect, but some people wish it was better, not gone.

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.

That wall is a one directional wall. It keeps the government from running the church but it makes sure that Christian principles will always stay in government.