U S Government Quotes

There is no reason to have problems between country and country, between government and government, when there is a separation of powers.

We don't have the right to bear arms because of burglars; we have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme power of a corrupt and abusive government.

If there is one thing the past years have taught us, it is the importance of a keen and high sense of honor in those who handle our governmental affairs.

The recession is over." This phrase has been used twice a year since 1973 by government leaders throughout the West. Its meaning is unclear. See: Depression.

The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competition and subsidies and stuff.

It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government

We are on dangerous terrain when government picks winners and losers in the economy by subsidizing favored products and industries.

Based on every statement I’ve heard out of any Republican in the last two years, the Israelis are controlling our government.

If government could create jobs and raise children, socialism would have worked.

Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

Freedom was given to humanity by God. But, governments, if they can help it, never give freedom. They just hand out slavery with slogans.

If you're doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide from the giant surveillance apparatus the government's been hiding.

The single definition of government I've ever seen that makes sense is that it's the organization which claims the right to kill people who won't do what it wants.

Rock stars against drugs--that's what we want, isn't it? Government-approved rock-n-roll? Woo! We're partying now!

Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.

I want a government small enough to fit inside the Constitution.

There are severe limits to the good that the government can do for the economy, but there are almost no limits to the harm it can do.

No higher proof exists of the strength of popular government than, though the chosen of the people be struck down, his constitutional successor is peacefully installed without shock or strain.

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.

Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.

Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed.

Government is not show business.

Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.

We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.

You know why I got involved in politics? The government is now a majority partner in my life. I am now a minority partner in my own life.

Our task is tough, and our time is limited. Party organizations and governments at all levels must give priority to emission reduction and bring the idea deep into people's hearts.

The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth.

The ultimate decision about what is accepted as right and wrong will be made not by individual human wisdom but by the disappearance of the groups that have adhered to the "wrong" beliefs.

Email says that no, it is the governments of Saudi and Qatar that have been funding ISIS.

The U.S. government alleges that for the past 45 years, the companies that manufacture and sell tobacco have waged an intentional and coordinated campaign of deceit.

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and this without any qualification as to their condition or degree, as is the case in the British government.

What government is the best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves. [Ger., Welche Regierung die beste sei? Diejenige die uns lehrt uns selbst zu regieren.]

During a recent panel on the numerous failures of American journalism, I proposed that almost all stories about government should begin: “Look out! They're about to smack you around again!

I am very confident that we will be able to convince all the stakeholders - the shareholders, the governments and the employees, that this is in their best interests.

There is a massive economic opportunity out there to be taken without waiting for government legislation.

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.

Governments are moved by numbers, and the greater the number of people who admit that they believe, the greater the likelihood that the secret - if there is one being kept - will be revealed.

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

At Google, we see and feel the dangers of the government-led Net crackdown.

The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.

We all have the republican spirit in our veins, like syphilis in our bones. We are democratized and venerealized.

Respecting the sovereignty means preventing coups, unconstitutional actions and illegitimate overthrowing of the legitimate government. All these things should be totally prevented.

Yes, I believe in school choice. Parents know far better than government bureaucrats what their children need from an education standpoint, and they should be permitted to make that choice.

I don't bow down to the federal government.

It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.

Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.

A slave government is an oligarchy; and one, too, of the most arbitrary and criminal character.