940 private quotes tagged government

“The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.”— Mia Love

“I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed.”— Rush Limbaugh

“I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.”— Mikhail Baryshnikov

“Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know it's bold. It's out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background it's hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government.”— Newt Gingrich

“It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.”— Andrew Jackson

“Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.”— Donald Rumsfeld

“The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.”— P. J. O'Rourke

“The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.”— Donald Rumsfeld

“Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.”— Paul Harvey

“It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.”— Tony Blair

“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.”— Andrew Jackson

“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.”— Richard M. Nixon

“As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.”— Andrew Jackson

“Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longer run higher levels of government spending crowd out private investment or require higher taxes that weaken growth by reducing incentives to save, invest, innovate, and work.”— Martin Feldstein

“I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.”— Andy Rooney

“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.”— Vladimir Lenin

“I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education.”— Thabo Mbeki

“Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government.”— Rush Limbaugh

“We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.”— Vladimir Putin

“If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.”— Steven Spielberg

“A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.”— Al Gore

“In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.”— Mary J. Blige

“So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.”— Milton Friedman

“For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.”— Jonathan Swift

“Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform.”— Jenny McCarthy