Challenging vested interests requires a government's full commitment.
Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.
When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.
On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards exploring and improving the new territory.
There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed.
Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.
Healthcare should be between the doctor and the patient. And if the doctor says something needs to be done, the government should guarantee it gets paid for.
All I ask is that you not be naive about how the government works when it decides to go after its prey.
Most people I know I think agree and even many theists agree with this. We don't want government involved.
The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.
You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic.
Conservatism has always been about reforming government and solving problems, and that's why the conservative movement should lead on immigration reform.
I don't know any nation on Earth that succeeded in creating a strong middle class with rising wages based on building a stronger and bigger government.
The income tax is flawed for a number of reasons - it discourages economic growth and encourages a bloated government.
Look at Fukushima. Should we or should we not agree with the U.S. government that none of that radioactive energy is making its way here? Hello!
The most important point is, in a time of crisis, there is no way out but for the government to be bold and aggressive.
The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not.
There is nothing quite so depressing as waking up to face a day when you know that you are going to have to deal with a government office or bureaucrat.
Any government, of whatever composition, needs to mobilise opinion way beyond its own ranks in order to do the difficult things that it does.
In his 4 years in the White House, President Carter worked to make the Federal Government more competent and compassionate and more responsive to the American people.
It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.
