The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.
As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable.
A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the political process.
If we don't get this economy going, the numbers that represent this stimulus package are going to be small compared to the loss of revenue to the federal government for our economy.
The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.
I'm running for controller to ensure our government reflects the values of the people of California and increases prosperity by managing our finances smartly, efficiently and effectively.
What government has been doing, we've got major programmes now, of billions of pounds, which are directed by central government into these areas of deprivation.
I'm saying that there's way more to 9/11 than mainstream media and our government have told us.
Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.
I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.
We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry.
The federal government has failed us, so we, the elected officials of small-town America, are getting tough with illegal immigration.
The Roman Catholics must know as well as we do that 'Popery' when encouraged by government has always been dangerous to the liberties of the people.
We must lead in a different way... We must have an active president, who gives strong direction and works with the government for its implementation.
The government is determined to continue the process of fiscal consolidation and structural reform in order to secure sound public finances and improve the country's international competitiveness.
We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting out an agenda for government.
I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.
If you ask people do you think that government should spend less money than what it takes in, most people agree with that.
The economy grows when families can spend money on personal priorities rather than priorities imposed by the federal government.
