Quotes of: Government-power Keyword

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half.

Sandra Day O'Connor

We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.

Sonny Perdue

The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.

Todd Akin

I oppose the attempts of homosexual activists to treat homosexual activity as a civil right to be protected and promoted by the government.

Todd Akin

An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

Tom Coburn

The government can help, but we need to make this transition now to a recovery led by private investment, private.

Timothy Geithner

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.

Thomas Jefferson

I explain this not for publicity, nor seeking to win an argument of right or wrong, I explain so that the record is clear as to my thinking and motivations in bombing a government installation.

Timothy McVeigh

A thriving middle class is a necessary precondition for a free representative government.

Timothy Noah

Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale!

Tom Selleck

The last thing we want is politicians running newspapers, but so too we don't want newspapers running the government.

Thomas Watson, Jr.

My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.

Victor Ponta

I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government.

Vladimir Putin

I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice.

Victoria Woodhull

I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.

Woody Allen

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man.

William Beveridge

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Winston Churchill

It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.

Wanda Sykes

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

William Weld

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.

Woodrow Wilson

The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation.

Woodrow Wilson