Withdrawal of American troops must be a unilateral act, as the invasion of Vietnam by the American government was a unilateral act in the first place.
If you look at all the sports in China, the government is extremely involved and they are extremely proud of their athlete.
In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate.
While many of Mr. Obama's ideas warrant skepticism, conservative opposition to any expanded role for government is a mistake.
It's not, 'We have a city to bid, now let's go check in with the federal government'.
In 1995, the Paul Keating Labor government commissioned an inquiry into the forcible removal of Aboriginal children.
Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition.
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?
I do think actually in this case the government does get credit for funding some of the basic research.
Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government.
The government in Turkey, which represents the powerful, traditionalist mass, is very comfortable creating policies tailored only for their supporters.
European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut.
If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.
Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.
The last thing we want is politicians running newspapers, but so too we don't want newspapers running the government.
I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.
I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice.