940 private quotes tagged government

“When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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“Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.” — Ralph Nader

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“A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.” — Barbara Jordan

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“A perfect storm is in the making: financial uncertainty, economic downturn, government cuts, rising unemployment and a future that looks less clear the more we try to fathom it.” — Jonathan Sacks

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“The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.” — Malcolm X

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“I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?” — Willie Nelson

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“And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that idolatry is the dependency upon our government. We're supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government.” — Sharron Angle

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“Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.” — Milton Friedman

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“Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.” — James Russell Lowell

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“Though the people support the government the government should not support the people.” — Grover Cleveland

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“The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.” — Cullen Hightower

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“One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.” — Donald Trump

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“Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.” — Dale Dauten

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“Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” — Milton Friedman

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“As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States.” — Bill Owens

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“Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” — Otto von Bismarck

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“You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.” — Rush Limbaugh

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“For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.” — Jonathan Swift

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“So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.” — Milton Friedman

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“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.” — Vladimir Lenin

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“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.” — Andrew Jackson

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“Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.” — Adrian Cronauer

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“The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.” — Milton Friedman

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