Quotes of: United-states-government Keyword

There is a sense in which the United States ambassador speaks to the United States, as well as for the United States. I have always seen my role as a thermostat rather than a thermometer. So I'm going to be actively working... for my own concerns. I ...

Andrew Young

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

Ernie Fletcher

I considered myself engaged in a war from Day One. And my objective was to force the federal government - the Kennedy administration at that time - into a position where they would have to use the United States military force to enforce my rights as ...

James Meredith

People are constantly applying double standards. Take the United States, for example. Washington wants the whole world to admire the country for its democracy. Then the government sends out its army, in the name of this democracy, and leaves behind t...

Jacob Zuma

I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people, stand once again for the independence from a government that has gotten too big and spends too much and has taken away too much of our liberties.

Michele Bachmann

Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regula...

Rob Portman

There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed i...

Bill Bryson

There is a legitimate concern about wealth distribution in the United States, but the answer is not to scapegoat any individual who makes over $200,000 per year and to try to sell the fraud that the government can equitably take the money of those wh...

Conrad Black

If you need to put your money in a safe and secure place and you want it to earn interest, Treasury bonds are safer than putting it in any bank as a deposit or putting it anywhere else, because they are backed by the full faith and credit of the Unit...

Jim Cooper

New York is a different country. Maybe it ought to have a separate government. Everybody thinks differently, they just don't know what the hell the rest of the United States is.

Henry Ford

While we use American power to fight hard for democracy against extremism on both left and right, our critics seem suspicious of any assertion of United States power or influence against any government or group that claims to be on the left.

Elliott Abrams

Any decision to use lethal force against a United States citizen - even one intent on murdering Americans and who has become an operational leader of al-Qaida in a foreign land - is among the gravest that government leaders can face.

Eric Holder

Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By spurning our own rules, we put that effort at risk.

Anthony Lewis

As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone.

Madeleine Albright

America is harmless as an enemy but treacherous as a friend.

The United States and the Middle East

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

Otto von Bismarck

These people hate the United States, not for what we do, but for who we are and what we are.

Paul Bremer

The rules are all wrong today. The mandate of the media really does pre-date the founding of the United States.

Richard Dreyfuss

The president of the United States can't even fire his chef. I'm not kidding.

Rob Lowe

I've seen every highway in the United States, and they all look alike to me.

Loretta Lynn

I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.'

Melinda Gates