U S Government Quotes
It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for all who are to come after them, and under unforeseen contingencies.
I trust my government. I actually have a trust for my government with my data, and I trust them to protect me. They've protected me - they've made the best efforts to protect me my whole life.
The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe.
The most dangerous diminutions of freedom come from those who are convinced of their moral rectitude.
Words don't change children's lives. Real action by the government and equality would.
I find that government can be a kind of gangsterism and is in Russia. And is likely to be in America if we don't take care of ourselves pretty carefully.
Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.
I'm going to quit music. Then the government of Japan asked me to write a piano concerto - that was an offer I couldn't refuse, so that brought me back to music again.
The government increasingly resembles somebody who is trying to give the kiss of life to a corpse.
In China we can criticize Darwin but not the government. In America you can criticize the government but not Darwin.
I am proud of my part in the creation of this new state. Our Government was the first to recognize the State of Israel.
People are beginning to realize that the apparatus of government is costly. But what they do not know is that the burden falls inevitably on them.
The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid.
The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no farther.
We're not going to meddle in the internal life of other peoples and other governments, because we don't want them meddling in ours.
Violence begets violence, you know. And you can't kill off all the violent people or all the murderers. We'd have to kill off the government.
The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers.
I've thought about living the koala's life, but you may need to petition the government quarantine rules to make it happen. Quarantine would make me extra grumpy.
It is the theory of all modern civilized governments that they protect and foster the liberty of the citizen; it is the practice of all of them to limit its exercise, and sometimes very narrowly.
Unsolvable problems do not exist. Any crisis is a combination of specific tasks to be worked on. The government has the experience and reserves to overcome the economic downturn
The revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government.
For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford.
It is in the American interest to put an end to Nationhood. That is the goal in global government. America must get out of the United Nations or our sovereign Republic will not survive.
Being on President Nixon's enemies list was the highest single honor I've ever received. Who knows who's listening to me now and what government list I'm on?
If you ask the government to impose morality, then moral questions will be decided by whoever has the most political power.
The government are behaving like a bevy of maiden aunts who have fallen among buccaneers.
The means ought to be proportioned to the end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected ought to possess the means by which it is to be attained.
The labor unions shall have a square deal, and the corporations shall have a square deal, and in addition, all private citizens shall have a square deal.
The more heavily the government regulates the market, the more competition is impeded.
There is one transcendant advantage belonging to the province of the State governments . . . -I mean the ordinary administration of criminal and civil justice.
The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in the cupboard.
Global warming experts are saying that sea levels could rise 20 feet. Apparently their strategy for surviving this is to stand on top of a pile of government research grant money.
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.
We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens.
I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying.
If the only motive was to help people who could not afford education, advocates of government involvement would have simply proposed tuition subsidies.
The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
What makes people angry and we are on the side of hard-working people who want to get on in life and they see how government is wasting their money.
No form of government can survive that excludes dictatorship when the life of the nation is at stake.
It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.
The obligation of human beings to support and obey human governments, while they legislate upon the principles of the moral law, is an unalterable as the moral law itself.
We need a global parliament, a global government and possibly a global ministry for security.
Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.