U S Government Quotes

The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.

I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government.

The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.

The early American knew that freedom was nothing more than the absence of external restraint on behavior; the government could not give you freedom, it could only take it away.

People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.

Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest.

There is no art which government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.

Democracy is like a raft: It won't sink, but you will always have your feet wet.

Civil government is an ordinance of God, to conserve the civil peace of a people, so far as concerns their bodies and goods.

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.

The government does not add value to the economy. It removes value from the economy by imposing taxes on one citizen and providing cash to another.

You can define how strong a democracy is by how its government treats ... the child of the state.

Better to be uneducated than educated by your government.

Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it - there is a certain shameful solidarity.

The coercive power of government is always a beacon to those who want to dominate others -- summoning the worst dregs of society to Washington to use that power to impose their will upon others.

For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?

Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.

The greatest danger facing our nation isn't terrorism, global warming or the energy crisis. It is out-of-control, unbridled government spending.

The highest honor in the church is not government but service.

The parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are striking. In each instance there were warning signs before the attack, and in each instance our government failed to connect the dots.

The Roman government appeared every day less formidable to its enemies, more odious and oppressive to its subjects.

All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty.

The plague of government is senile delinquency.

Rent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by Governments lacking courage and vision.

The moral law of God is the only law of individuals and of nations, and nothing can be rightful government but such as is established and administered with a view to its support.

There are over 100 entities in the federal government that have something to do with homeland security.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.

Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed to be free.

We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.

Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started.

People are always saying,'They'll take care of it. The government'll--Don't worry, they'll--' 'They' who? It starts with us. It's us. Or else it'll never be done...

I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

With all this consumer debt, business debt, government debt, smaller movements in interest rates have a magnified effect. a small movement can tip the boat.

The tax that is taken from the free non-Muslim subjects of a Muslim government whereby they ratify the compact that assures them protection, as though it were compensation for not being slain.

Whatever we say here today is not against any party or person. We are not here to do politics. I have not stood up here to save a government... we want swaraaj, the people's rule, in Delhi.

For government to give, it must first take away.

The one aim of these financiers is world control by the creation of inextinguishable debts.

No government can sell its nation on the backs of its people.

Funded by the government just means funded by the people. Government, by the way, has no money. It only takes money from the people. Sometimes people forget that that's really what occurs.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.

Look at the Justice Department, it's full of Jews...The lawyers in government are damn Jews.

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people by force.

When the state or federal government controls the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.

No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.