Quotes of: Government-control Keyword

If every woman who's had an abortion took tomorrow off in protest, America would grind to a halt. And that would be symbolic: because women grind to a halt if they are not in control of their fertility.

Caitlin Moran

What we set out to do was to ensure that this system of fair shares and the planning and controls continued after the war, and when we won, that's what we did.

Barbara Castle

The aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control.

Jerome Lawrence

I got my head bashed in at a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Police were losing control because they were up against a world they really didn't understand.

Terry Gilliam

Well the war lasted for three months, from April of 1994 until the Tutsi army, the exiles as it were, gained control of the country and then it stopped.

Tony Greig

Not a single illegal immigrant should or need enter the United States, not one. Contrary to the common wisdom, the borders are easy to seal, and controlling entry is hardly totalitarian.

Mark Helprin

Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

Dune Messiah

From DW: I got it. “Here's the thing,” I said. "I'm not going to be the government's bitch.

Death Whispers

Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.

Alvin Adams

Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting.

Beth Simone Noveck

I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.

Joichi Ito

If you spend enough time in or around Washington, you'll meet amazing people who work for the government.

Judy Woodruff

I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.

Jay Kay

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

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Government was founded on the working premiss of being primarily an asylum for ineptitude and indigence.

Requiem for a Nun

Government! Three fourths parasitic and the other fourth Stupid fumbling.

Stranger in a Strange Land

Support for the arts -- merde! A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!

Stranger in a Strange Land

Through it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future.

The Man-Made World

...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Government can only reign over a classes-divided society.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

Who’d pay more to get less? Only a fool—or a government agency. 

Sleepwalking is restercise