Quotes of: Government-spending Keyword

I think that the best that government can do for you and I as individuals is to empower you and I to make decisions that only you and I should make.

Gary Johnson

If you're in government, the right thing to do is be focused on solving real problems and asking what's the best solution to a particular problem.

Julius Genachowski

In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.

Kim Campbell

You can study government and politics in school, but the best way to really understand the process is to volunteer your time.

Rob McKenna

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.

Thomas Paine

[Government]is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.

Otto von Bismarck

The world is governed by chance. Randomness stalks us every day of our lives.

Paul Auster

Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.

P. J. O'Rourke

Asia's governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies - and older, fragile authoritarian regimes.

Paul Samuelson

Wouldn't if be nice if our government, could make things beautiful because everybody cares!

Robert Armstrong

It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance.

Richard Dreyfuss

Many governments are quick to condemn Assad, but a dwindling number of them would celebrate a rebel victory in Damascus.

Richard Engel

Everything we do in public policy prevents us from doing something else. To govern is to choose.

Richard Lamm

Obama is a statist. He's an authoritarian. He doesn't want to govern; he wants to rule.

Rush Limbaugh

Research In Motion, the owner of BlackBerry, has been asked by a range of governments to comply with surveillance requirements.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Governments don't spy on you for your protection, they spy on you to see if you're planning a revolt.

Lori Goodwin

To manipulate the immune system, you need to find the key bottlenecks that govern the system. The T-cell is an absolute bottleneck.

Leroy Hood

Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?

Stephen Ambrose

The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

Stephen Ambrose

In Mexico, a network of government-operated rural convenience stores is offering banking services to rural communities.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell