Government Quotes

Tea Partiers hate government more than they hate the national debt. They refuse to reduce that debt with tax increases, even with tax increases on the wealthy, because a tax increase doesn't reduce the size of government.

Robert Reich

We would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform.

Rodrigo Rato

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Ronald Reagan

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Ronald Reagan
Government quotes by Ronald Reagan, UberQuotes

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Ronald Reagan

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

Ronald Reagan

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Ronald Reagan

Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

Ronald Reagan

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Ronald Reagan

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Ronald Reagan

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.

Ronald Reagan

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

Ronald Reagan

For me to get out in the congressional district that I represent and see all the things that we manufacture there, produce there, to get to know its people better, its businesses better and its government leaders better, all of those things have enri...

Reid Ribble

The government is already into our lives a whole lot more than they should be. If I were president, I'd roll everything back. Everything!

Ray Stevens

They've also, the government's decided now, what sexual content is.

Richard Serra

The government is promoting bad behavior.

Rick Santelli

If all you think we need to do to get this economy going and get this country on the right track is to cut government and reduce taxes, you don't understand America. America is a moral enterprise, not an economic enterprise.

Rick Santorum

Candidly, I believe most corporations actually don't mind big government.

Rick Santorum

Look at the political base of the Democratic Party: It is single mothers who run a household. Why? Because it's so tough economically that they look to the government for help and therefore they're going to vote.

Rick Santorum

General revenue - what taxpayers are willing to give government, what they think is fair to give government - is not going to grow at the same amount that the federal government basically forces us to spend on Medicaid.

Rick Scott

Everything government touches turns to crap.

Ringo Starr