Quotes about United States Government

The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists. Votes: 4

This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen. Votes: 4

Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government. Votes: 4

If you need to put your money in a safe and secure place and you want it to earn interest, Treasury bonds are safer than putting it in any bank as a deposit or putting it anywhere else, because they are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government. Votes: 4

The Mormons had a divine revelation in favour of polygamy, but under pressure from the United States Government they discovered that the revelation was not binding. Votes: 3

People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back. And given what the United States Government and Western powers have done to the third world, I feel that these countries should fight back. Votes: 3

Some people think the Federal Reserve Banks are United States Government Institutions. They are private credit monopolies which prey upon the people of the United States for the benefit of themselves and their foreign customers. Votes: 3

United States Government needs to acknowledge and respect our sovereignty, treaties, traditional Native American values, and our human rights as a people, which under the law as written we deserve, and which should be protected. Votes: 3

I have come to Germany to learn at first hand the problems involved in the reconstruction of Germany and to discuss with our representatives the views of the United States Government as to some of the problems confronting us. Votes: 3

The advance planning and sense stimuli employed to capture a $10 million cigarette or soap market are nothing compared to the brainwashing and propaganda blitzes used to ensure control of the largest cash market in the world: the Executive Branch of the United States Government. Votes: 3

The Catholic Church must be the biggest corporation in the United States. We have a branch office in every neighborhood. Our assets and real estate holdings must exceed those of Standard Oil, A.T.&T., and U.S. Steel combined. And our roster of dues-paying members must be second only to the tax rolls of the United States Government. Votes: 3

The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country. Votes: 2

The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995. Votes: 2

Apple is to the United States government what Clarence Thomas was to the civil rights coalition. How dare you get this big sidestepping us. Votes: 2

The United States government approaches patient choice in medication as Singapore does free speech: its pronouncements sound reasonable and tolerant until you threaten its prerogatives. Votes: 2

The United States government can indict you on something, and now you've got to prove your innocence. And that's not the Constitution of the United States. Votes: 2

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do. Votes: 2

Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops. Votes: 2

The Saylor Foundation is meant to be a gadfly to encourage Google, Apple, MIT, Harvard, the United States government, and the Chinese government to aggressively pursue digital education. Votes: 2

There was a time when the United States government earned the trust of its people. There was a time when most people believed that the United States government was protecting them. Votes: 2

Of all Americans who have appeared on the nation's postage stamps, Ayn Rand is probably the only one to have thought that the United States government has no business delivering mail. Votes: 2

I have had many opportunities to flee HK, but I would rather stay and fight the United States government in the courts, because I have faith in Hong Kong's rule of law. Votes: 2

The Connection Machines owned by the United States government laboratories were made available to me because they were considered impossible to program and there was no great demand for them at that time. Votes: 2

The United States government in Washington constantly gives amnesty to its highest officials, even when they commit the most egregious crimes. And yet the idea of amnesty for a whistleblower is considered radical and extreme. Votes: 2

Show me one dictatorship in the world that has not been supported by the United States government or some European governments. It almost doesn't exist. I think a dictatorship and hegemony are part of the same phenomenon. Votes: 2

In the United States, whatever you may think of Julian Assange, even people who are not necessarily big fans of his are very concerned about the way in which the United States government and some companies have handled Wikileaks. Votes: 2

There was a hateful video that was disseminated on the internet. It had nothing to do with the United States government and it's one that we find disgusting and reprehensible. It's been offensive to many, many people around the world. Votes: 2

What the F.D.I.C. does is to put the full faith and credit of the United States government behind every savings account in the nation, up to a limit that has changed over the years and stands now at $100,000. Votes: 2

I think of myself, an Iranian/American artist, and wonder what would I want if I'm ever imprisoned by the Iranian government for the work that I make? I answer: I would hope that the United States government comes to my rescue. Votes: 2

There is a massive apparatus within the United States government that with complete secrecy has been building this enormous structure that has only one goal, and that is to destroy privacy and anonymity, not just in the United States, but around the world. Votes: 2

Any time the United States government turns over an American citizen, including military personnel, to the government of another country, it is in our nature to want to make sure that they receive the best treatment, the fairest treatment, and the most humane treatment. Votes: 2

In full accordance with the law - and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States and to save American lives - the United States government conducts targeted strikes against specific al-Qa'ida terrorists, sometimes using remotely piloted aircraft, often referred to publicly as drones. Votes: 2

If taxation without consent is robbery, the United States government has never had, has not now, and is never likely to have, a single honest dollar in its treasury. If taxation without consent is not robbery, then any band of robbers have only to declare themselves a government, and all their robberies are legalized. Votes: 2

The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists. Votes: 0

The United States influences government and life everywhere else. Votes: 0

SARS is just made up by the Government of the United States! Votes: 0

If we have any problems, it's always with the government of the United States. Votes: 0

The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government. Votes: 0

The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion. Votes: 0

The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States. Votes: 0

... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance. Votes: 0

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. Votes: 0

The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government. Votes: 0

Government without a tough and vibrant media is not an option for the United States of America. Votes: 0

Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. Votes: 0

I wish we could begin a new period of normal relations with the government of the United States. Votes: 0

We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market. Votes: 0

I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation. Votes: 0

By the time of the United States Tricentennial, there will be more government workers than there are workers. Votes: 0

The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel. Votes: 0

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. Votes: 0

The United States is the only country left now, bar Romania, Bulgaria and Poland, that has this all-government system. Votes: 0

Go and try to start your own government in the United States today and you'll be squashed very quickly. Votes: 0

I am obligated to and will pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes to the United States government, Votes: 0

When the facilities of the government of the United States are drawn on an individual, it can be terrifying. Votes: 0

The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States. Votes: 0

The United States government, in figuring our gross national product, defines 'durable goods' as anything that will last three years. Votes: 0

The intelligence activities undertaken by the United States government are lawful, necessary and required to protect Americans from terrorist attacks Votes: 0

What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself. Votes: 0

The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more. Votes: 0

In government procurement, for example, the opportunity German firms have in the United States is 10 times larger than in Canada. Votes: 0

If only Muslims were clever politically, they could take over the United States and replace its constitutional government with a caliphate. Votes: 0

The United States furnishes the first example in history of a government deliberately depriving itself of all legislative control of religion. Votes: 0

Arizona seeks only to enforce the nominal immigration policy of the United States. Perhaps the federal government should try it sometime. Votes: 0

THE most widespread form of child abuse in the United States is parents sending children to the government to be educated. Votes: 0

The United States enjoy a scene of prosperity and tranquility under the new government that could hardly have been hoped for. Votes: 0

When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States. Votes: 0

Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it, deserves the attention of the United States government, and the people. Votes: 0

We're a country that abhors the government. From Reagan on, many people think the government is the enemy in the United States. Votes: 0

Unreason is now ascendant in the United States—in our schools, in our courts, and in each branch of the federal government. Votes: 0

The United States doesn't do what it does in the world for altruistic reasons. Nobody set out to be the world's government. Votes: 0

For the Mexican people, for the Mexican government, the very good relationship with the United States of America is, of course, essential. Votes: 0

The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government Votes: 0

If a foreign government had imposed this system of education on the United States, we would rightly consider it an act of war. Votes: 0

There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United States. Votes: 0

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it. Votes: 0

For more than forty years, the United States Congress has shamelessly used payroll taxes intended for Social Security to fund big government spending. Votes: 0

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible. Votes: 0

In fact, a rather striking aspect of business propaganda in the United States is the demonization of government, starting after the Second World War. Votes: 0

Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale! Votes: 0

I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future. Votes: 0

In the name of the United States and President Bush, I want to thank the Mexican people, President Fox and his government for their friendship. Votes: 0

Most governments are designed to protect the government from the people, whereas the United States government was organized to protect the people from the government. Votes: 0

The United States government has always been proud of the welcome it has extended to good men of every nation, seeking freedom and homes and bread. Votes: 0

Many senior government officials, CIA, FBI, counter terrorism officials - when they look back at the decade, they effectively conclude that the United States overreacted after 9/11. Votes: 0

The Government of the United States would be constrained to hold the Imperial German government to a strict accountability for such acts of their naval authorities. Votes: 0

I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University. Votes: 0

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes. Votes: 0

I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause. Votes: 0

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion. Votes: 0

I believe that for the small numbers of Jewish people in the United States, they exercise a tremendous amount of influence on the affairs of government. Votes: 0

We wouldn't turn over our customs service or our border patrol to a foreign government. We shouldn't turn over the ports of the United States, either. Votes: 0

The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy. Votes: 0

If children do not understand the Constitution, they cannot understand how our government functions, or what their rights and responsibilities are as citizens of the United States. Votes: 0

The idea that the United States government would have to figure out what to do about the headscarf is simply ludicrous. We don't get involved in that. Votes: 0

I think Dianne Feinstein may be the most Orwellian political official in Washington. It is hard to imagine having a government more secretive than the United States. Votes: 0

The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection. Votes: 0

On the acquisition of Louisiana, in the year 1803, the attention of the government of the United States, was early directed towards exploring and improving the new territory. Votes: 0

In the Soviet Union, government controls industry. In the United States, industry controls government. That is the principal structural difference between the two great oligarchies of our time. Votes: 0

China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks. Votes: 0

After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops." Votes: 0

No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States. Votes: 0

The United States needs to be far clearer: we cannot and will not support any government where Hamas has a real influence and the security forces stop fighting terror. Votes: 0

Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States. Votes: 0

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States. Votes: 0

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States Votes: 0

Everything that has happened in my life is because of good government and because the United States of America was the greatest nation on the face of the earth. Votes: 0

We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States. Votes: 0

I was reluctant to be critical of the United States because I thought the United States could do no wrong; that the government could not lie to its people. Votes: 0

If you were starting from scratch to invent an instrument that could impose fiscal discipline, the last one on earth you would come up with is the United States government. Votes: 0

Indeed, it is quite sad to see the United States becoming the main exporter of arms. It is quite sad to look at the U.S. government subsidizing arms exports. Votes: 0

The United States government does not authorise or condone torture of detainees. Torture, and conspiracy to commit torture, are crimes under US law, wherever they may occur in the world. Votes: 0

[T]he only thing the United States government ever did about slavery was to abolish it. Perhaps that was a mistake, but I do not feel inclined to apologize for it. Votes: 0

I had the privilege of chairing Judge Samuel Alito confirmation hearing in 1990. And at that time, he had practiced law for 14 years, but only represented one client, the United States government. Votes: 0

I believe that the United States government was set up with the help of God, and it is the closest government in the world to how God would have men govern themselves. Votes: 0

It has been more than 30 years since this disgraceful episode occurred, and I believe that the United States government should demand the return of the USS Pueblo to the United States Navy without further delay. Votes: 0