Government Quotes

I want the government to provide the military so we don't get invaded by somebody and destroyed. I want the government to provide the roads so I can get from point A to B. In terms of taking care of my day to day needs, I want to do that myself. I wa...

Benjamin Carson

No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character o...

Benjamin Robbins Curtis

The debt ceiling at some point has to be raised. I don't think there's anybody that questions the fact that if we ended up getting in a situation where the U.S. government was sending out IOUs like the state of California did at one point, that ends ...

Bob Corker

A government full of Democrats would rather have you be a Republican, and a government full of Republicans would rather have you be a Democrat, than have you oppose both.

Brian Celio

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

Benjamin Disraeli

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

Benjamin Disraeli

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Benjamin Disraeli

Federal agencies that own bridges have some of the worst records for on-time inspections. Nearly 3,000 bridges owned by U.S. government agencies went more than two years between checkups.

Bill Dedman

Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.

Bill Dedman

The Federal Government is achieving its stated goal of helping more minorities go from being renters to being owners.

Bill Dedman

Groups that advocate open government have argued that it's vital to know the names of White House visitors, who may have an outsized influence on policy matters.

Bill Dedman

When the U.K. or U.S. government issues bonds to fund a deficit, the buyers are not solely in the U.K. or the U.S. - they're in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Investment banks provide direct access to these buyers.

Bob Diamond

We are ready to end fascism once and for all, even in spite of the Republican government.

Buenaventura Durruti

When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.

Byron Dorgan

Why was there so much work-sharing in the 1930s? One reason is that government pushed for it. In his memoirs, President Herbert Hoover estimated that as many as two million workers avoided unemployment as a result of his efforts to promote work-shari...

Barry Eichengreen

When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.

Barry Eisler

When I wrote my eighth thriller, 'Inside Out,' in 2009, the villains were a group of CIA and other government officials who colluded to destroy a series of tapes depicting Americans torturing war-on-terror prisoners.

Barry Eisler

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.

Bob Ehrlich

If President Obama has his way, you won't recognize the government, the free market system, or, frankly, America as you once knew it. His admonitions and his audacious policy goals demonstrate very clear motives: equalize, discourage dissent, and bec...

Bob Ehrlich

The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack.

Bob Etheridge

But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden to us, and only after that government refused to do that did we invade.

Barney Frank