Government Quotes
And government (to define it de facto, or according to modern prudence) is an art whereby some man, or some few men, subject a city or a nation, and rule it according to his or their private interest; which, because the laws in such cases are made according to the interest of a man, or of some few families, may be said to be the empire of men, and not of laws.
– James Harrington
I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies.
– Bob Hawke
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The Chinese are definitely concerned about the tendency of this Australian government to align itself with the United States.
– Bob Hawke
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There is no doubt that this government and this country are benefiting from the reforms that we brought in the 1980s, and that couldn't have been done without the co-operation of the trade union movement.
– Bob Hawke
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– Friedrich A. Hayek
Vietnam should remind conservatives that whenever you put your faith in big government for any reason, sooner or later you wind up an apologist for mass murder.
– Karl Hess
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– Simon Hoggart
I never think of the measures necessary for the peace and good order of the colonies without pain. There must be an abridgment of what are called English liberties. I relieve myself by considering that in a remove from a state of nature to the most perfect state of government, there must be a great restraint of natural liberty.
– Thomas Hutchinson
On April 19th, 1995, I believe that the Global Elite, via elements within the U.S. government, the CIA and Mossad, murdered some 168 men, women and children in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
– David Icke
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– Roy Jenkins
– Pierre Joseph Proudhon
While the Government has a responsibility to its citizens to be prepared, to take steps to protect them, it is also the Government's role to ensure that her citizens can continue with their role - which is to be productive, to generate jobs, to put meals on their tables, to guide our children to a bright future.
– Dirk Kempthorne
– John F. Kennedy
– Frank Kent
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Nations are equal in respect to each other, and entitled to claim equal consideration for their rights, whatever may be their relative dimensions or strength or however greatly they may differ in government, religion or manners.
– James Kent
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We must take away the government's credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be forced to get serious about spending cuts.
– Alan Keyes
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As long as the federal government refuses to put a sound regulatory system in place for drug reimportation, Americans are at risk of falling prey to a tainted drug supply.
– Herb Kohl
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– Murray Kempton
– Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
Now see, a lot of critics are saying Arnold can't get elected because he's just an ambitious guy with a famous name, who doesn't know anything about running the government. Didn't hurt George Bush.
– Jay Leno
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– Gerald F. Lieberman
Before a community can prosper, the people must believe in their leaders. They must know that at the core of every decision is careful planning, hard work, and unbending integrity rather than partisanship or self-gain. They must trust that the awesome power of government is not being abused.
– Linda Lingle
One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it.
– Huey Long
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I am not here to advocate for more government, but better government, and that starts with open, ethical, honest government.
– John Lynch
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New Hampshire state government is a big customer for prescription drug companies. Just as businesses do, we should take advantage of the bargaining power we have as a big customer.
– John Lynch
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The citizens of New Hampshire expect and deserve a government as clean as our mountain streams and as open as our blue skies. Today let us pledge together to make this government - the people's government - clean, open and honest.
– John Lynch
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To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.
– John Lynch
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All history is illustrated by the fact that new liberties cannot exist with old tyrannies. New ideals ever seek new manifestations. The ideals of Christ could not live under the tyrannies of the Roman government. The ideals of the founders of this Government could not exist under the tyrannies of royal rule.
– Mary Elizabeth Lease
Our splendid theory of government is confronted by a great peril. We have become blind to evils that menace us. We are confronted with glutted markets and idle labor. It is a condition that makes it possible for a few men to become landlords of a proud city like this while God's poor are packed in the slums.
– Mary Elizabeth Lease
Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, for the people and by the people, but a government for Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street. The great common people of this country are slaves, and monopoly is the master... Let the bloodhounds of money who have dogged us thus far beware.
– Mary Elizabeth Lease
When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or a right boot is of no consequence.
– Gary Lloyd
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Democracy is the most vile form of government... democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention: have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property: and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.
– James Madison
A group of Cuban Americans denounced the Castro government as a fascist regime that monitors and scrutinized its citizens' everyday existence. And then they excused themselves to go watch Big Brother.
– Bill Maher
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– John McCain
– Lord Melbourne
– Barbara Mikulski
Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all.
– James Mill
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We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems.
– Dan Miller
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As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies through the mountains.
– John Moody
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In 1862, when the charter was granted by the United States Government for the construction of a railroad from Omaha to the Pacific coast, the only States west of the Mississippi Valley in which any railroad construction of importance existed were Iowa and Missouri.
– John Moody
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In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government.
– John Moody
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Instead of welcoming Reverend Moon, this government put me into prison. History will reveal the truth in the future and the American government and people will realize what an evil thing they did. What will they do then? They will bow down. Again, that is the way of natural subjugation.
– Sun Myung Moon
I recognize that a government's budget is about more than just how much money is spent. it's also about our responsibility to see that those dollars produce results. And, - it's about getting a return on the dollars invested in services. But most important it's about people, their lives and their children.
– Frank H. Murkowski
I believe I can be the person who can bring together conservatives across this country in a spirit of cooperation so that we can once again form government. This is not an agreement for merger with other political parties. Merger is a mathematical equation which does not guarantee victory.
– Peter MacKay