U S Government Quotes

All government is an ugly necessity.

Separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.

I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.

Give government the weapons to fight your enemy and it will use them against you.

In order to restore security for Israeli citizens, every home, mother and child in Israel, and to establish a stable and strong government that will unite the nation...I hereby declare my candidacy.

I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.

Our whole system of government is based on "We the people," but if we the people don't pay attention to what's going on, we have no right to bellyache or squawk when things go wrong.

It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet.

Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.

Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.

Senator Joseph McCarthy was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived.

It is the English, not their Government; for if they were not blind cowards, they would lynch Chamberlain and Halifax and all the other smarmy traitors.

Whatever the issue, let freedom offer us a hundred choices, instead of having government force one answer on everyone.

The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived.

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks.

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech.

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.

Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.

The struggle for freedom is ultimately not resistance to autocrats or oligarchs but resistance to the despotism of public opinion.

Americans are hard working, innovative, proud people who want bad government policies and high taxes to get out of the way so they can take care of their families and pursue their dreams.

We must remember that ours was intended to be a citizen government, and we must work together to restore our country and the character of our nation.

Trusting the government to monitor your calls without listening. It's kind of like trusting Chris Christie to pick up the McDonald's and not eat the fries on the way home.

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice.

The executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them, to the end that it may be a government of laws and not of men.

Government will no longer be run on the whims of individuals.

When the people fear a government, they're a tyranny. When a government fears the people, there is liberty.

You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

According to recent opinion polls, a large majority of Iraqis believe that the U.S. military has no intention to leave Iraq, and that it would stay even is asked by the Iraqi government to leave.

We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance.

Socialists believe otherwise - a man is not competent enough to make decision should he use seatbelt, should he buy insurance, and the same man is competent enough to elect president and government.

Both of my parents graduated from high school, both attended college, both have government jobs now. They've always been very adamant about me finishing high school and finishing college.

The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government.

This Federal Reserve Act establishes the most gigantic trust on earth. When the President (Wilson) signs this bill the invisible government of the Monetary Power will be legalized.

The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most people believe. It's possible they are calling the shots at all levels of government.

A government cannot be truly just without affirming the intrinsic value of human life.

Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

England can never be ruined except by a Parliament.

The safest way to ensure diversity of opinion is diverse ownership. But this ideal has been sacrificed by our government.

The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.

Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man's liberty.

The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.

He [Calvin Coolidge] is the first president to discover that what the American people want is to be left alone.

A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive.

The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President.

All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy.