Government Quotes

Of the powers conferred upon the General Government by the Constitution of the United States much the most important are those given to the legislative body.

Samuel Freeman Miller

Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the United States. It is evident that the Constitutional Convention thought that it was important that this process should be placed und...

Samuel Freeman Miller

The Supreme Court, once in existence, cannot be abolished, because its foundation is not in an act of the legislative department of the Government, but in the Constitution of the United States.

Samuel Freeman Miller

I am trying to send directions out and keep control of state government for the final month.

Scott McCallum

I've said we need to look at things from the perspective of working people and taxpayers, not from the perspective of government and government officials.

Scott McCallum

Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term civic/corporate partnerships are still rare .But this need not remain the status qu...

Simon Mainwaring

A world in which government is burdened by historic debt, philanthropy has limited resources, and the private sector is only interested in its own personal gain is simply unsustainable.

Simon Mainwaring

If you look at America, which was the experiment of the smallest conceivable government, what grows out of that is the largest government the world has ever seen.

Stefan Molyneux

Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government.

Sun Myung Moon

Your government is no longer mine.

Scott Nearing

The growing professional disciplines of medical ethics and bioethics have had a profound impact on researchers, bedside doctors, associations of physicians, and government.

Sherwin B. Nuland

The Japanese press likes me a lot, but the problem is the Japanese government. It's very bureaucratic.

Shuji Nakamura

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen.

Sandra Day O'Connor

We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half.

Sandra Day O'Connor

For students, understanding the separate and unique functions of each branch of government can help them understand how different kinds of government officials can help solve different kinds of problems.

Sandra Day O'Connor

It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government, each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution.

Sandra Day O'Connor

The Pakistani government and its allies must overhaul their policies in Pakistan.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Thousands of civilians have lost their lives to terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, and thousands more will - because, unlike the Pakistani government, which has no coherent policy to deal with the radicals, the Taliban have one to deal with Pakistan ...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I believe in small government and people taking care of themselves.

Susan Olsen

The government in Turkey, which represents the powerful, traditionalist mass, is very comfortable creating policies tailored only for their supporters.

Safak Pavey