940 private quotes tagged government

“National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.” — Theresa May

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“The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at least delay the Canada-China FIPA until it has been examined more thoroughly, and to reconsider the inclusion of investor-state arbitration mechanisms in all trade deals.” — David Suzuki

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“What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it.” — Stephen Harper

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“The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.” — James Wolcott

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“The government, for example, has determined that black people (somehow) have fewer abilities than white people, and, so, must be given certain preferences. Anyone acquainted with both black and white people knows this assessment is not only absurd but monstrous. And yet it is the law.” — David Mamet

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“Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him one doubted Him one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?” — Richard J. Daley

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“It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs.” — David Mamet

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“This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you.” — Kate Millett

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“I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen.” — Buffalo Bill

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“People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.” — Cal Thomas

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“My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost.” — Buffalo Bill

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“I'm not driven to get back into politics. It's not on my top five things to do before I die, but saying that, I may be in politics in the next year or the next ten years. I've been on the front line for 12 years, four in state government, eight on the national level.” — J. C. Watts

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“Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.” — Harold Pinter

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“You can't have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government.” — Lawrence Summers

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“Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk.” — Jesse Jackson

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“Aggression is simply another name for government.” — Benjamin Tucker

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“I am the government.” — Andrew Cuomo

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“My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.” — Winfield Scott Hancock

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“A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.” — George Grenville

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“The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.” — David Mamet

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“If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals.” — David Mamet

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“Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it means chaos and confusion.” — Stafford Cripps

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“In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures.” — Carroll Quigley

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“We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.” — Jesse Jackson

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“I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.” — Martin Sheen

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