Top 1000 Government Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

The right solemnly proclaimed at the birth of the States, and which has been affirmed and reaffirmed in the bills of rights of the States subsequently admitted into the Union of 1789, undeniably recognizes in the people the power to resume the authority delegated for the purposes of Government.

Democracy must learn to defend itself.

In reality, every time the government takes an additional dollar in taxes out of someone's pocket, it's a dollar that person will not be able to spend or invest. When government spending goes up, private spending goes down. There is no net effect. No wealth creation.

Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.

A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.

People of our State know the commitment and sincerity with which my Government deals with issues concerning the State, including Left wing extremism.

The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling people.

Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.

What is good for Alaska is good for the country. Transferring power from the federal government to the states provides opportunity to all states, not just Alaska.

Good government is one of the most important factors in economic growth and social well-being.

You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.

When you give the government an inch, they take a mile.

Dictators can fix up their entire families in good jobs, in or around government, and often do. In democracies, such a practice is frowned upon. Privileged access to the corridors of power through family connections and a kind of old boys' network, is also deemed an abuse of power, and so it is.

However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with agreed international law and means of enforcing the law, is inevitable.

The government serves the people - not vice-versa.

Rebellion has its roots in government's indifference and incompetence.

From the very depth of my being, I challenge the right of any man or any group of men, in business or in government, to tell a fellow human being that he or she is expendable.

The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.

I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.

On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards exploring and improving the new territory.

The way we're really going to grow the economy is to invest in people, to invest in innovation, to have the federal government put money in the kind of research that will create the new high-technology, biotechnology industries that will create the millions of new jobs.

The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse.

The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people.

Whether it is access to voting rights, representation in government, or the outsized influence of money in our political system, the opportunity to interact with and participate in democracy is available to some, but blocked for many.

The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States.

Think of Bitcoin as a bank account in the cloud, and it's completely decentralized: not the Swiss government, not the American government. It's all the participants in the network enforcing.

In government institutions and in teaching, you need to inspire confidence. To achieve credibility, you have to very clearly explain what you are doing and why. The same principles apply to businesses.

In nearly a decade in city government, I have learned that the easiest thing to do in government is nothing. And in trying to deliver change, there will be those who are invested in the status quo who will be disrupted, or uncomfortable, or even lose out.

If we say, 'The government sucks,' we're kind of saying that we suck.

I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.

When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.

The soviet people want full-blooded and unconditional democracy.

For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

I am sometimes accused of being a dictator because I provoked the extraordinary elections by nominating the interim government. Can you imagine any dictator who provokes free elections in his own country?

We aspire to be a government for all New Zealanders and one that will seize the opportunity to build a fairer, better New Zealand.

The Russian government imposed my head on the body of Russian models in straight jackets.

I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.

I have entered the field to die, if need be, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of this war of preservation has become a fact established.

In city hall and in local government, you have to get things done without drama.

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.

A prime minister's job is to make sure the government works for those who have elected him, and not for big corporations.

I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.

Our founders recognized that 'men were not angels' and that checks and balances in government were critical to avoid threats to the rule of law.

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

Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.

Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property.

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

Every government program needs to be more efficient. Instead of pointing out how other programs can tighten their belts, every program administrator must look inward to save money.

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government. The one thing that's missing, but that will soon be developed, is a reliable e-cash - a method whereby on the Internet you can transfer funds from A to B without A knowing B or B knowing A.

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.

My government is working for the common man. Our priority is the poor of the country. We want good governance through a dynamic and seamless government.

Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.

I think the government should do everything they possibly can to, to bring this crisis to an end; and that means going after BP, enforcing the laws that are on the books, and restoring the gulf to its original condition.

The world will not accept dictatorship or domination.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.