Government Quotes

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.

Like it or not, Google and the Chinese government are stuck in a tense, long-term relationship, and can look forward to more high-stakes shadow-boxing in the netherworld of the world's most elaborate system of censorship.

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.

A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.

If I were a Democrat, I'd siphon the power of states to the federal government. I'd ignore the Constitution and prevent states from determining their own voting practices.

Certainly we can end racism with love. We can demand that the federal government change its emphasis on racial distinction.

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

If the government controls your health care, the government controls you. Obamacare was never about health care. It was about government power, dependency, and control.

It's no secret that the environmental movement is ultimately designed to create new inroads into increased government control. All of the shots taken at emissions, the dependence on fossil fuels, and noise pollution are designed to paint those things as symptoms of a problem, with the government able to step in as the solution.

When we look at government in Washington or what's happening on Wall Street, we see so much centralization. But really, our goals should be to eliminate and overcome these central institutions. And in recent years we have gained powerful new tools to do this, and most significant among those is the block chain, which is the software behind Bitcoin.

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer.

Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible.

When times get tough, we get tougher. Failure and government assistance are not an option for us.

There's something fundamentally wrong with a system where there's been 17 years of a Tory Government and the people of Scotland have voted Socialist for 17 years. That hardly seems democratic.