Government Quotes

I've given birth to five babies and I breastfed every single one of these babies. To think that government has to go out and buy my breast pump for my babies. You wanna talk about the nanny state? I think we just got the new definition of a nanny.

Michele Bachmann

The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no farther.

Michele Bachmann

I don't need government to be successful.

Michele Bachmann

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

It appears that Wall Street is not acting as a force for economic expansion, providing access to capital for companies that make things. Rather, it seems, Wall Street is using government bailouts to lever up.

Maria Cantwell

I'm not against government involvement in times of need. I am for recognizing that big public companies will continue to cut jobs in an effort to prop up stock prices, which in turn stimulates the need for more government involvement.

Mark Cuban

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people.

Matthew Continetti

There are a lot of things that government doesn't do well. One of things that government does do well is build stuff.

Mick Cornett

In several short years, Obama has fundamentally shifted the balance away from the individual and toward government, and has altered the national psyche from self-reliance to ever-growing reliance on government.

Monica Crowley

I think the Republican Party is supposed to be the party of less government intrusion.

Monica Crowley

If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too.

Mark Dayton

Government does not create jobs, it only creates the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.

Mitch Daniels

Our morbidly obese federal government needs not just behavior modification but bariatric surgery.

Mitch Daniels

The president's grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery. He seems to sincerely believe we can build a middle class out of government jobs paid for with borrowed dollars.

Mitch Daniels

The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No nation, no entity, large or small, public or private, can thrive, or survive intact, with debts as huge as ours.

Mitch Daniels

We see government's mission as fostering and enabling the important realms - our businesses, service clubs, Little Leagues, churches - to flourish.

Mitch Daniels

I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do.

Mitch Daniels

We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government.

Mitch Daniels

It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.

Mohamed ElBaradei

In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.

Mohamed ElBaradei

People talk about smart sanctions and crippling sanctions. I've never seen smart sanctions, and crippling sanctions cripple everyone, including innocent civilians, and make the government more popular.

Mohamed ElBaradei