Government Quotes

First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government.

Stephen Harper

I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion.

Stephen Harper

It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern.

Stephen Harper

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government.

Stephen Harper

I learned a couple things. The government can do to you whatever they want. They can break the laws, federal laws, as they see fit... You can't turn laws on and off as you deem fit.

Steven Hatfill

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

Sydney J. Harris

Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling.

Steve Irwin

I think the federal government really should be supporting Louisiana and ensuring that every person from that area has an opportunity to vote on what will occur in the area.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Royal titles ceased to be recognised by the Indian government in 1971. The title of Nawab and Maharaja are not recognised by the Indian government anymore.

Saif Ali Khan

The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You can't have a government within the country and not have control over everything that's happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administra...

Salman Khurshid

What the United States wanted in Guatemala - and in Iran, where the C.I.A. also deposed a government in the early 1950s - was pro-American stability.

Stephen Kinzer

Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support for American military interventions around the world? Want to undermine governments that are raising their people up from poverty because they...

Stephen Kinzer

Our government makes the simple promise of a secure retirement to every American who works for many years and contributes to our retirement benefit system.

Sue Kelly

I remain committed to improving the government services to which Hudson Valley veterans are entitled.

Sue Kelly

On form of government, there should be checks and balances, and PM should be responsible to Parliament.

Sushil Koirala

I think when you've been exposed to the Creator of the universe, then the federal government doesn't seem very powerful.

Steve Largent

While I am a fervent believer in free markets and limited government, there are rare instances in which government involvement is necessary.

Steve Largent

Our Government is committed to pursuing policies and programs which facilitate a further lowering of the interest rates in order to fuel investment and growth. We call on the commercial banks to partner with us in this effort.

Said Musa

Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.

Samuel Freeman Miller

A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited, and defined, and by which these powers are distributed among several departments, for their more sa...

Samuel Freeman Miller

No branch of the law is of more importance to the counsellor, the statesman, or the citizen, than a thorough acquaintance with the Constitution and laws of the Federal Government, as they are administered and as they affect the rights of the people.

Samuel Freeman Miller