U S Government Quotes

The question then will be, whether a consolidated government can preserve the freedom and secure the rights of the people.

The only problem with voting is no matter who you vote for the government always gets in.

It is wrong to ask who will rule. The ability to vote a bad government out of office is enough. That is democracy.

I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution.

Let's be honest about this; the liberal agenda with failed stimulus plans and government entitlement programs is crippling our economy and our quality of life.

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.

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

...the greatest political problem facing the world today is...how to curb the oppressive power of government, how to keep it within reasonable bounds.

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

We cannot afford to walk down that dangerous path of government overstepping its boundaries into the most personal parts of our lives.

Government expands to absorb revenue - and then some.

It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely the institution which has for its object the support and diffusion of religion from the political government.

Anybody has a right to evade taxes if he can get away with it. No citizen has a moral obligation to assist in maintaining his government

Nine out of ten Americans are actually monarchists at bottom. The fact is proved by their high suseptibility to political claims by president's sons and other relatives, usually nonentities.

Fiscal responsibility and government reform are going to be good themes for governing, well at any time, but particularly coming out of a recovery.

Of all the vulgar arts of government, that of solving every difficulty that might arise by thrusting the hand into the public purse is the most illusory and contemptible.

Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence.

Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.

History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government.

If I had to use a single word to describe what is fundamentally wrong with government today, I would use the word fraud.

I can't see any difference in government between Bush and Obama apart from the color of their skin.

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to... bare the secrets of government and inform the people.

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

It's none of the governments business who comes to, in, on, or from my body.

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.

You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic.

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

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.

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.

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

I stand for limited government, fiscal responsibility, personal freedom, personal responsibility, so the Republican Party will support me.

My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants.

The 'global warming scare' is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision making. It has no place in the Society's activities.

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.

As an anarchist, I cannot reconcile myself to any government.

At a time when we are pleading with foreign governments to stop the export of cocaine, it is the height of hypocrisy for the United States to export tobacco.

The Government has already U-turned today and I think the pressure is clearly growing for proper accountability over what this Government's negotiating position is on Brexit.

I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government.

I have a dream: One day we will get to the promised land. Then the president will be me, The government will be Shabaam, Mos and Kweli...that's it! All wackness is now banned.

Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people

Democracy is a very admirable form of government - for dogs

Government is a parasite-a cancer that by nature tries to spread deeper into society. Those who want to run others' lives won't give up and start minding their own business.

Social Security is a fraudulent scheme in which the government collect money from you for your retirement - and immediately spend the money on something else.

A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.

Whenever the government is involved, there is an element of coercion.

A smaller government reflecting the needs of the middle class and poor is superior to a big government reflecting the needs of the privileged and powerful.

Does a population have informed consent when that population is not taught the inner workings of its monetary system, and then is drawn, all unknowing, into economic adventures?

When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.

This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.