Government Quotes - Page 27

• If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Would Be, Needs

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.64, Fordham Univ Press

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Spending when the math's not there and the numbers aren't there and if they look in the social security trust fund, it's filled with IOUs because the government's been pilfering it for years on end. We have to do something. We have to start having this discussion.

  Ben Quayle

  Math, Years, Numbers

  4 Copy quote

• Those men who laid the foundation of this American government and signed he Declaration of Independence were the best spirits the God of heaven could find on the face of the earth. They were choice spirits . . . noble spirits before God.

  Wilford Woodruff

  Men, Choices, Heaven

  23 Copy quote

• I can't say that the college-bred woman is the most contented woman. The broader her mind the more she understands the unequal conditions between men and women, the more she chafes under a government that tolerates it.

  Susan B. Anthony

  College, Men, Mind

  9 Copy quote

• Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.

  Barbara Mikulski

  Responsibility, Bankruptcy, Dues

  67 Copy quote

• First of all, the world criticizes American foreign policy because Americans criticize American foreign policy. We shouldn't be surprised about that. Criticizing government is a God-given right - at least in democracies.

  Michael Mandelbaum

  Democracy, World, Firsts

  4 Copy quote

• We have had actually a decline in government service overall, but the growth is in high-tech areas, specialty areas in the Labor Department and other departments.

  Alexis Herman

  Technology, Growth, Decline

  7 Copy quote

• When I came to Congress, I came to bring what I thought was a real-world business perspective to government because, in the business world, I spent over 20 years in the high-tech industry, but it certainly was not unique.

  Melissa Bean

  Real, Unique, Technology

  4 Copy quote

• Tourism is a top priority activity for federal government, which is why it invests an average of over 2,500 million dollars a year in infrastructure works and integral projects that promote Mexico's culture and natural attractions.

  Vicente Fox

  Average, Years, Priorities

  24 Copy quote

• If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.

  G. Gordon Liddy

  Host, Shows, Congressman

  14 Copy quote

• I need money. I have a staff of 30, and four houses, never mind the government, to support.

  Bob Hope

  House, Support, Mind

  5 Copy quote

• Maybe next year the government might impose some immigration rules on the academy. Two Mexicans in a row is suspicious. [On Mexican immigrants in the US] I hope they can be treated with respect of the ones who came before and built this incredible immigrant nation.

  Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

  Years, Two, Mexican

  4 Copy quote

• While yes we can both agree the sudden recovery of this footage smells not a little, and that we appear to be bits of tinfoil-on-string to some malevolent government kitten, yes yes yes but, Borlu, however they've come by this evidence, this is the correct decision.

  China Mieville

  Recovery, Yes We Can, Smell

  4 Copy quote

• The people's instincts are still right. You see them come to the rescue of someone-a child who falls down a well-hundreds of people rush to help, and labor and equipment are volunteered without any thought of who's going to pay for it. This is a basic feeling in Americans. They don't stand back in such a circumstance and ask what the government's going to do about it.

  Ronald Reagan

  Children, Fall, People

  7 Copy quote

• Government power is always abused by seizing and perverting the law. And with few exceptions, government always determines what is law.

  John Galt

  Law, Abuse, Determine

  John Galt (1986). “Dreams Come Due: Government and Economics As If Freedom Mattered”

  50 Copy quote

  Show source

• Whatever there is of greatness in the United States, or indeed in any other country, is due to labor. The laborer is the author of all greatness and wealth. Without labor there would be no government, no leading class, and nothing to preserve.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Country, Greatness, Class

  21 Copy quote

• The media is comparable to government-probably passes government in raw power.

  Matt Drudge

  Media

  Q & A at the Washington Press Club, delivered 2 June 1998

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• If you act in the name of conscience you are stronger than any government in the world.

  Raphael Lemkin

  Names, Stronger, World

  49 Copy quote

• It is scary to live in the Obama era with its use of government to suppress dissent

  Dennis Prager

  Scary, Use, Eras

  5 Copy quote

• If you ask what's best for the country, vote Republican. If you ask how will you get more money from the government, vote Democrat

  Dennis Prager

  Country, Vote, Republican

  7 Copy quote

• Unfortunately, it is not in the power of government to make everyone more prosperous. Government can only raise the income of one person by taking from another.

  Hans F. Sennholz

  Income, Raises, Persons

  18 Copy quote

• We ought to have more people who believe in constitutionall y limited government. We have to have more people come to Congress with that mindset. I think we can make this a better place, if, when elections happen, we support candidates who share that philosophy.

  Mike Lee

  Philosophy, Believe, Thinking

  5 Copy quote

• If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.

  Harry S. Truman

  Running, Packing, Known

  16 Copy quote

• The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

  Tony Abbott

  People, Excuse, Australian

  6 Copy quote

• The fact is that I'm interested in getting on with my job of holding the Government to account and I think that the Government should get on with the job of effectively running the country and not making excuses for poor performance, not lowering expectations. Their job is to deliver on their election commitments.

  Tony Abbott

  Running, Country, Jobs

  12 Copy quote