Quotes of: Governs Keyword

Governments must now take a leading role in moving their nations in the right direction.

Henry W. Kendall

Because of racism, he can't govern effectively' is not a great argument for re-election.

James Taranto

There's a whole generation growing up thinking...the government exists to care for them.

Dave Ramsey Rachel Cruze

If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.

Jacques Delors

I must admit that I feel that the best form of government is benevolent despotism.

Jeff Grubb

Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress.

Jaron Lanier

Every Israeli government since 1967, of left or right, has asserted that Jerusalem is Israel's capital and has allowed Israeli Jews to build there.

Elliott Abrams

Obviously, every dictator pays a great deal of attention to who is running the army. There's always a base right outside the capitol to protect the head of government.

Elliott Abrams

People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step.

Eric Cantor

State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from progress, and need from remedy.

Ernie Fletcher

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!

Eddie Izzard

I was reluctant to be critical of the United States because I thought the United States could do no wrong; that the government could not lie to its people.

Eric Kandel

Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.

Ed Rendell

And, not only in Budapest. I worked very closely with a very powerful government organization, which shall remain unidentified, to develop the mass marketed version of the Cube.

Erno Rubik

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.

Edith Sitwell

It was also during my tenure of office that the Japanese Government agreed to the conclusion of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and signed it, pursuing a policy in harmony with the avowed desire of the people.

Eisaku Sato

The U.S. government has been preoccupied with health care 'reform,' but this refers to improving access and insurance coverage and has little or nothing to do with innovation.

Eric Topol

A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.

Ferdinand Mount

The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded - in part because it impedes the government's ability to control institutions, like churches and families, which stand between the state and individuals.

Gary Bauer

For me, the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that's what separates us from other countries.

George Clooney

I think that the churches do a better job in many respects than the government does in various kinds of things. Extending aid, the helpfulness, and so on, yes.

Gordon B. Hinckley