Quotes of: Government-spending Keyword

Too many Mainers are dependent on government handouts. Government dependency has not - and never will - create prosperity.

Paul LePage

It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.

Robert Jackson

There is no reason to have problems between country and country, between government and government, when there is a separation of powers.

Ricardo Lagos

You could afford your house without the government if it weren't for the government.

Rush Limbaugh

If government can give you rights, government can take them away from you.

Roy Moore

Royal titles ceased to be recognised by the Indian government in 1971. The title of Nawab and Maharaja are not recognised by the Indian government anymore.

Saif Ali Khan

I believe in small government and people taking care of themselves.

Susan Olsen

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.

Scott Walker

What people want is big government that they don't have to pay for.

Timothy Noah

The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history.

Todd Akin

Regional exchange can be a source of growth and development, and of enhancing good governance.

Anna Lindh

Democracy, good governance and modernity cannot be imported or imposed from outside a country.

Emile Lahoud

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.

Joe Biden

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.

Jay Weatherill

The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.

Bob Schaffer

The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

I don't want the federal government to rush in and bail the out right away.

Dennis Moore

Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed

Harriet Beecher Stowe

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.

Jacques Delors

I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'

Ernie Fletcher

Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner.

George McGovern