Quotes of: Small-government Keyword

Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.

George Papandreou

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

George Bernard Shaw

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.

Gloria Steinem

You wonder sometimes how our government puts on its pants in the morning.

Jon Stewart

I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.

Joe Lhota

Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented.

Eric Alterman

In March of 1933 we witnessed a revolution in manner, in mores, in the definition of government. What before had been black or white sprang alive with color.

Emanuel Celler

I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.

Esther Dyson

In conformity with these designs on the city of Washington, and notwithstanding the disastrous results of the invasion of 1862, it was determined by the Rebel government last summer to resume the offensive in that direction.

Edward Everett

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule.

Edward Gibbon

However, the Government has made it clear that we do not encourage the recruitment of teachers from developing nations where there may be an adverse effect on the economy.

Estelle Morris

The Bolivian government has promised to guarantee autonomy in the framework of unity, legality, and with the goal of equalizing the different regions of Bolivia. It's right there in the constitution.

Evo Morales

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate.

Elihu Root

Being the chief minister of a regional government is just a pastime compared with the hellish job of being prime minister of two different communities brought together.

Elio Di Rupo

Very few people realize that the U.S. government does not have the power to order the recall of contaminated meat.

Eric Schlosser

Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they have for the benefit of the country.

Eamon de Valera

Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them.

Elizabeth Warren

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.

Frederic Bastiat

I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life.

Fawn Hall

The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims anywhere to abide by the law of the land.

Feisal Abdul Rauf

I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.

Frederick W. Smith