The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it.
I'm running for controller to ensure our government reflects the values of the people of California and increases prosperity by managing our finances smartly, efficiently and effectively.
Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.
Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.
Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.
The problem is that when government controls the economy, those who can influence government keep winning, and everybody else just stays the same.
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.
With 'Hunger Games,' it's about people rising up to fight against a corrupt government that controls them.
In principle... no government in the world can accept an armed terrorist group, some of them coming from abroad, controlling streets and villages in the name of 'jihad'.
But the Grammys is just not something I can take too seriously. It would be a mistake to hinge my happiness on something so completely out of my control.
We all have pretty much similar dreams, and at the root of all those dreams is being able to be in control of your money.
The number of realists who are betting that both the 'economy gets healthy soon' and this government gets spending under control is a tiny group, indeed.
There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.
My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions.
The future is to heal back to the mind again. Recognizing that the mind is all powerful - it controls every cell to every degree of its genetic expression.
In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it was, after all, the center for interrogations for Iraq.
Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.
Being at the mercy of the acting profession, in the early days of one's career, is really brutal and feels like you have no control over your life, at all.
Birth-control is effecting, and promising to effect, many functions in our social life.
My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable.
A lot of people go through life thinking that they don't have any control, that life is just happening to them. But that's not true.
