Quotes about More Government

The fact is, my friends, most Americans don't want more government. They want less government. Votes: 4

I saw the government really using the excuse of a weak economy and a financial crisis to create more government and to push onto the American entrepreneurial society more and more restraints and government activity. Votes: 4

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question. Votes: 3

The more government dependents, the more likely that democracy will become a conspiracy against self-reliance. Votes: 3

The more noteworthy a person's achievements, the more government agents are attracted to investigating that person. Votes: 3

Unemployment, foreclosures, bankruptcy - the cure is not more government spending, but helping businesses create jobs. Votes: 3

Higher taxes still does not create prosperity for all. And, more government still does not grow jobs. Votes: 3

Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom. Votes: 3

I have more government than I want, more government than I need, more government than I can afford. Votes: 3

By the time of the United States Tricentennial, there will be more government workers than there are workers. Votes: 3

When the private sector fails, the solution is more government. When the government fails, the solution is more government. Votes: 3

Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform. Votes: 3

One of the reasons that I am in favor of less government is because when you have more government, industrialists take it over. Votes: 3

The more government does, the greater chance that its efforts will be tilted toward a particular group's good, instead of the common good. Votes: 3

As more government functions are privatized, we find political leaders defunding the public school system, shifting government funds to the private, for-profit school industry. Votes: 3

Those policies - more taxes, more regulation, more debt, more spending, more government - will make American worse. It just will, in my view. Votes: 3

Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations. Votes: 3

I am fighting vigorously for less spending, less waste and limited government. I strongly believe that the more government grows, the less freedom Americans have. Votes: 3

You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party. Votes: 3

Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation. Votes: 3

Whether it's called 'compassionate conservatism' or 'big government Republicanism,' after years of record increases in federal spending, more government is now the accepted Republican philosophy in Washington. Votes: 3

Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more government action or less. Votes: 3

In the American political lexicon, 'change' always means more of the same: more government, more looting of Americans, more inflation, more police-state measures, more unnecessary war, and more centralization of power. Votes: 3

The idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers - that's an old idea that's failed every time it's been tried. Votes: 3

The Republicans didn't want the government to run your life, because Jesus should. That was really part of their thing: less government, more Jesus. Now it's like, how about more government and Jesus? Votes: 3

President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity. Votes: 3

Those who advocate more and more government regulation have been experimenting for 40 years, trying to create an economic system in which everyone can somehow be made more prosperous by the toil of someone else. Votes: 3

The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making it more like the post office, it's by making it more like a consumer-driven market. Votes: 3

I do not have much confidence in the political system and never did. My goal has always been to change people's minds because as long as people demand more government, they will get it. Votes: 3

How do we turn our nation around? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the answer. You are not doing anyone a favor by creating dependency, destroying individual responsibility. Votes: 3

The 'Occupy' movement has no real solutions, except more government, more spending, more regulation, more bureaucracy, more unsustainable lethargic pseudo-university with no return on investment, more more more of what got us into this hole. Votes: 3

The more government takes the place of associations, the more will individuals lose the idea of forming associations and need the government to come to their help. That is a vicious circle of cause and effect. Votes: 3

How do we get America back to work? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the answer. You are not doing anyone a favor by creating dependency, destroying individual responsibility. Votes: 3

We need to understand the more government spends, the more freedom is lost...Instead of simply debating spending levels, we ought to be debating whether the departments, agencies, and programs funded by the budget should exist at all. Votes: 3

Perhaps one reason that many working parents do not agitate for collective reform, such as more governmental or corporate child care, is that the parents fear, deep down, that to share responsibility for child rearing is to abdicate it. Votes: 3

I'm not against government involvement in times of need. I am for recognizing that big public companies will continue to cut jobs in an effort to prop up stock prices, which in turn stimulates the need for more government involvement. Votes: 3

Experience tells us that we do not need more overspending or higher taxes to grow jobs. We do not need more regulations or more government control - such as the government takeover of health care or the restrictions in domestic energy production. Votes: 3

The press is hostile to the idea of liberty. Most people in the press are for big government. Most people think that the solution to anything, whether it's health care problems, education, whatever it is - it's got to be more government. Votes: 3

We chose more freedom instead of more government. We chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time. We chose a special man to lead us in a special time. We chose Mitt Romney to lead our nation. Votes: 3

If younger people see older people who haven't planned ahead and have to rely on charity, the young will be more likely to provide for the future. Today when someone plans poorly, the only consequence people see is a demand for more government. Votes: 3

[Barack Obama failed to sell a health care reform plan to American voters] because the utter implausibility of its central promise - expanded coverage at lower cost - led voters to conclude that it would lead ultimately to more government, more taxes and more debt. Votes: 3

I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment. Votes: 3

If Republican legislators succumb to their political addiction to compromise for the sake of getting something passed, no matter how odious, they'll be laying out the red carpet of inevitability for socialized care. Once government gets its foot in the door, more government control is unavoidable. Votes: 3

Inflation is probably the most important single factor in that vicious circle wherein one kind of government action makes more and more government control necessary. For this reason all those who wish to stop the drift toward increasing government control should concentrate their effort on monetary policy. Votes: 3

War is just one more big government program. Votes: 2

Experience counts in government even more than in business. Votes: 2

More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes. Votes: 2

Making government more efficient and more effective need not be a partisan issue. Votes: 2

Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government. Votes: 2

We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency. Votes: 2

An empowered public is the foundation for a stronger society, more effective government, and a more successful state. Votes: 2

For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford. Votes: 2

Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have. Votes: 2

I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything. Votes: 2

I know the Federal Reserve Bank can continue to print more and more money... but city and state governments cannot. Votes: 2

That guns do more than protect us from criminals; more importantly, they protect us from the ongoing threat of government. Votes: 2

Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government. Votes: 2

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less. Votes: 2

Smaller government, more individual responsibility, more individual control creates more Republicans. More state power and ownership and control and top-down decision-making creates more Democrats. Votes: 2

More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back. More government isn't going to create more opportunities. It's going to limit them. Votes: 2

It's businesses versus big government. We don't need big government. We need a more efficient, lean government, and that's exactly the kind of government we intend to deliver. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Corporations have more power than the government. Votes: 0

That putt had more breaks than a government job. Votes: 0

Today, we have got more excuses from the government. Votes: 0

Less government in business and more business in government. Votes: 0

There is no more democratic government than a revolutionary government. Votes: 0

The more freedoms Americans lose, the more dangerous government becomes. Votes: 0

I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow. Votes: 0

Without popular fear, no government would endure more than twenty-four hours. Votes: 0

I feel like the government is more evil than most corporations. Votes: 0

I got elected to run the government more efficiently, lower taxes. Votes: 0

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. Votes: 0

Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with religion. Votes: 0

Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers. Votes: 0

Government can encourage innovation, but mainly by doing less, not doing more. Votes: 0

Perhaps the only institution more puffed-up and self-important than academia is government. Votes: 0

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government. Votes: 0

The federal government should be less important in our lives, not more. Votes: 0

Instead of doing more badly, government should focus on doing less well. Votes: 0

We have far more to fear from swift than from torpid government. Votes: 0

Before we give the government any more money, show us some receipts. Votes: 0

Every time the government grows we lose more of who we are. Votes: 0

The more heavily the government regulates the market, the more competition is impeded. Votes: 0

I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government. Votes: 0

Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so. Votes: 0

When government tries to make people more equal, it makes them more unequal. Votes: 0

Improved turnout will give parliament and government the appearance of being more legitimate. Votes: 0

Canada I don't trust. The Canadian government hates me more than the Japanese. Votes: 0

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government. Votes: 0

I'm much more interested in raising revenues for businesses than for the government. Votes: 0

That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer. Votes: 0

Taxpayers don't need any more big government mandates that have proven to be disastrous. Votes: 0

Any government which fears freedom of speech and expression, should fear the internet more. Votes: 0

We can't do without government, but we do need it to be more effective. Votes: 0

People who never seen to learn claim the government can be made more efficient. Votes: 0

The role of the federal government, if any, is to create more school choice. Votes: 0

We cant do without government, but we do need it to be more effective. Votes: 0

There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few. Votes: 0

Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives. Votes: 0

Government investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to our knowledge. Votes: 0

The more people expect from government, the more biased they become against limiting government power. Votes: 0

Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government. Votes: 0

Government is no more than taxpayers hiring the most inefficient organization to do the job. Votes: 0

There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community. Votes: 0

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more. Votes: 0

The more power government has to provide things, the more power it has to dictate terms. Votes: 0

We have all kinds of government compensation systems that are much more efficient than the lawyers. Votes: 0

Happiness is more effectually dispensed to mankind under a republican form of government than any other. Votes: 0

Bilderberger Meeting: The world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government... Votes: 0

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens. Votes: 0

I'm saying that there's way more to 9/11 than mainstream media and our government have told us. Votes: 0

The government is far more interested in taking, in regulated taking, than in promoting spontaneous generosity. Votes: 0

Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped. Votes: 0

Free enterprise has done more to reduce poverty than all the government programs dreamed up by Democrats. Votes: 0

The more money spent by government to address social injustice the greater the cries of social injustice. Votes: 0

Bitcoin might revolutionise more than money or economics. It could transform the role and nature of government Votes: 0

As I get older ... I become more convinced that good government is not a substitute for self-government. Votes: 0

[Government's] great contribution to human wisdom...is the discovery that the taxpayer has more than one pocket. Votes: 0

There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade. Votes: 0

We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government. Votes: 0

Government does not create jobs, it only creates the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. Votes: 0

The more powerful government becomes, the more abuses it commits and the more lies it must tell. Votes: 0

I tend to think having an impact on the world is a lot more complicated than government. Votes: 0

The real cure for what ails our health care system today is less government and more freedom. Votes: 0

There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade. Votes: 0

The more acquisitions the government makes abroad, the more taxes the people have to pay at home. Votes: 0

Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less. Votes: 0

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. Votes: 0

The Roman government appeared every day less formidable to its enemies, more odious and oppressive to its subjects. Votes: 0

Is it me, or is the government more concerned about its own tax headaches, than your tax headaches? Votes: 0

What the American worker needs is more of what WalMart offers and less of what the government offers. Votes: 0

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. Votes: 0

How many are worried about a government shutdown? How many are more worried about it starting back up? Votes: 0

War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters. Votes: 0

Churches know more about poverty than any government will ever know, because we're dealing with the poor every day. Votes: 0

And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words. Votes: 0

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social. Votes: 0

It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary. Votes: 0

Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government. Votes: 0

The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery. Votes: 0

I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the publics trust. Votes: 0

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves Votes: 0

...guns do more than protect us from criminals; more importantly, they protect us from the ongoing threat of government. Votes: 0

Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings. Votes: 0

Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals. Votes: 0

The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom. Votes: 0

No government proposal more complicated than "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" ever works. Votes: 0

The Federal Government is achieving its stated goal of helping more minorities go from being renters to being owners. Votes: 0

I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the public's trust. Votes: 0

The revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government. Votes: 0

As government grows, its increased power to grant favors or inflict pain attracts more people who would abuse the system. Votes: 0

It is doubtful that the government knows much more than the public does about how government [Economic] policies will work. Votes: 0

When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war. Votes: 0

America needs jobs, smaller government, less spending and a president with the courage to offer more than yet another speech. Votes: 0

When government does more than guard against the initiation of force, inevitably it becomes a means of theft and bamboozlement. Votes: 0

The government is currently experiencing withdrawal symptoms, and we musn't feed the habit by injecting more tax dollars into it. Votes: 0

All religions united with government are more or less inimical to liberty. All, separated from government, are compatible with liberty. Votes: 0

People who are government servants, public servants, should not be paid more than the taxpayers who are paying for it. Votes: 0

It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies. Votes: 0

I think it's a mistake to view North Korea as a government. It really is more like a criminal syndicate. Votes: 0

All my life I've worked to try to correct and perfect our system of government to make it more fair. Votes: 0

A government of fighters won't know how to lead, only create more war. You think bravery is measured in resistance. Votes: 0

Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more. Votes: 0

My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work. Votes: 0

It may be laid as an universal rule that a government which attempts more than it ought will perform less. Votes: 0

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

The only people who would be in government are those who care more about people than they do about power. Votes: 0

Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more. Votes: 0

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. Votes: 0

I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know. Votes: 0

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people. Votes: 0

Property is in its nature timid and seeks protection, and nothing is more gratifying to government than to become a protector. Votes: 0

There is an authoritarian strain in all of Leftism-- because the bigger the government, the more it controls other peoples' lives Votes: 0

A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. Votes: 0

The effect of a good government is to make life more valuable; of a bad one, to make it less valuable. Votes: 0

I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought. Votes: 0

the illusion that power lies within the hands of the common man is more important than legitimate efficiency within the government. Votes: 0

The more women we elect to public office, the more wholesome the whole process will be, whether it's government, politics, whatever. Votes: 0

President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom. Votes: 0

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so. Votes: 0

We must safely secure our border by investing in more law enforcement and technology, and receiving cooperation from the Mexican government. Votes: 0

Government is so big today that more than half the population gets a major part of its income from the state. Votes: 0

The failure of Lehman may have allowed the government to do more to prop up the economy than it otherwise could. Votes: 0

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. Votes: 0

I really didn't know much about the Libertarians. I knew they were for less government and more individual freedom. I liked that. Votes: 0

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them. Votes: 0

We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry. Votes: 0

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. Votes: 0

The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics. Votes: 0

The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state. Votes: 0

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. Votes: 0

Even more fundamental than housing to the global financial economy is the idea that the U.S. government is a safe asset. Votes: 0

If the small government concept grows, we have fewer dollars leaving our pockets, we have more folks motivated to make a profit. Votes: 0

As the old saying goes, 'money is power' and the more money the government takes, the more power it has over individuals. Votes: 0

The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems. Votes: 0

The care of our national commerce redounds more to the riches and prosperity of the public than any other act of government. Votes: 0

We [Federal Government] have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work. Votes: 0

Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable. Votes: 0

Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us. Votes: 0

The banking collapse was caused, more than anything, by bad government policy and the total failure of bad regulation, rather than by greed. Votes: 0

I believe I am more conservative than Bob Dole; I believe I am more committed to fundamentally changing American government than Bob Dole. Votes: 0

Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government. 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

What you really want to do is sit down and find a place that you can control government spending and raise more revenue. Votes: 0

Every time government attempts to handle our affairs, it costs more and the results are worse than if we had handled them ourselves. Votes: 0

I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse and in a republican government more than in any other. Votes: 0

Government has got to invest more money in our NHS. The people who work in it are heroic. They do an amazing job. Votes: 0

A representative form of government rests nor more on political contributions than on those laws which regulate the descent and transmission of property. Votes: 0

By adopting programs to distribute substantial amounts of income, a nation guarantees that its government will become more powerful and invasive in other ways. Votes: 0

The nature of business and government has been to build a surplus and self-perpetuate, but the Internet fosters and rewards smaller, more fluid organizations. Votes: 0

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it. Votes: 0

Americans complain a lot about the government and they voice a generalized suspicion of the government, but they constantly clammer for more of it. Votes: 0

From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable. Votes: 0

The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in the cupboard. Votes: 0

If government were less important in our lives, politicians would have fewer goodies to trade. In return, we'd have more money and more freedom. Votes: 0

Those tax-exempt bonds were put in so that a town or a state or a government could sell more bonds than it ought to. Votes: 0

Any company executive who overcharges the government more than $5 million will be fined $50 or have to go to traffic school three nights a week Votes: 0

Normally, the opposition gets more media space and even the people find it interesting to listen to voices against the government of the day. Votes: 0

Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone Votes: 0

Obviously if there are guns on the street there's going to be more violence. That being said, I happen not to trust the government. Votes: 0

The government passed more laws to protect women from dirty jokes than to protect men from death by faulty rafters at a construction site. Votes: 0

No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. Votes: 0

It is no more the function of government to impose a moral code than to impose a religious code. And for the same reason. Votes: 0

The more independent mind you have the more your government will hate you! It is an honour for you to be hated this way! Votes: 0

If you ask what's best for the country, vote Republican. If you ask how will you get more money from the government, vote Democrat Votes: 0

I have no doubt that the nation has suffered more from undue secrecy than from undue disclosure. The government takes good care of itself. Votes: 0

Initiative and referendum make government more responsive to its citizens, neutralize the power of the special interests and stimulate public involvement in state issues. Votes: 0

Investing capital in the free market creates innovation, businesses, jobs and economic growth. Investing capital in the government creates more bureaucracy, more paperwork and inefficiency. Votes: 0

The government was to raise the duty on cheese to 83 percent, an unpopular move that would doubtless have the more militant citizens picketing cheese shops. Votes: 0

The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation. Votes: 0

71 percent of the American people think that the federal government should take no more than 20 percent of anybody's paycheck no matter how much they make. Votes: 0

The government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended this perverse result. Votes: 0

There are 100 different doors to come into the conservative movement. You can disagree with 99 of them, as long as you agree on one: more-limited government. Votes: 0

As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable. Votes: 0

Perhaps it is time to be more careful what we ask government to do, and where we allow it to become part of our lives. Votes: 0

Economic planning is nothing more than the forcible superseding of other people's plans by the powerful elite backed up by the brute force of government. Votes: 0

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around. Votes: 0

[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism. Votes: 0

Today in Washington, D.C., several government buildings were left without power. Of course, the White House will be without power for two more years. Votes: 0

There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums. Votes: 0

Here we go again, a government which is making yet more excuses for yet more failure when it comes to getting our budgetary situation right. Votes: 0

There's nothing on this green earth that a liberal progressive fears more than a black American who wants a better life and a smaller government. Votes: 0

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business. Votes: 0

America is now a socialist economy. The definition of a socialist economy is when 50% or more of your economy is dependent on the federal government. Votes: 0

Just as the left has to be more willing to question 'Government knows best,' the right has to rethink its laissez-faire attitude toward government. Votes: 0

The responsibility of philanthropy rests with us. The wealthier we are, the more powerful we get. We cannot put the entire onus on the government. Votes: 0

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives. Votes: 0

In his 4 years in the White House, President Carter worked to make the Federal Government more competent and compassionate and more responsive to the American people. Votes: 0

We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online. Votes: 0

For three decades, we have sought to solve the problems of unemployment through government planning, and the more the plans fail, the more the planners plan. Votes: 0

Under President Obama and Secretary Clinton, they're working hard to change the American dream into the European nightmare. They do celebrate more dependence on the government. Votes: 0

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government. Votes: 0

I cannot help concurring with the opinion that an absolute democracy, no more than absolute monarchy, is to be reckoned among the legitimate forms of government. Votes: 0

I believe we need a more opportunistic and democratic approach to lunar exploration, now that we're shifting from U.S. government-sponsored space exploration to private expeditions. 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

Government intervention is not solving the problems, and in fact the governments around the world that are intervening the most in their economies are struggling more. Votes: 0

Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion. Votes: 0

Even more important than the discovery of Columbus, which we are gathered together to celebrate, is the fact that the general government has just discovered women. Votes: 0

Social Security is one of the greatest achievements of the American government, protecting our elderly against poverty and assuring young people of a more secure future. Votes: 0

I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead to the ends desired. Votes: 0

If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more humane and decent world. Votes: 0

I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Votes: 0

Government is supposed to be about how we do things together, and we can do that much more together if we use technology smartly right now. Votes: 0

The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for allcommanders. Votes: 0

We need citizens who are less concerned about what their government can do for them, and more concerned about what they can do for the nation. Votes: 0

No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government. Votes: 0

Nothing can destroy a government more quickly than its failure to observe its own laws, or worse, its disregard of the charter of its own existence. Votes: 0

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens. Votes: 0

Human government is more or less perfect as it approaches nearer or diverges farther from the imitation of this perfect plan of divine and moral government. Votes: 0

If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century - and the economy - around. Votes: 0

The American people deserve truthfulness, not more political campaigning. The American people deserve a responsible government that seeks to address their needs, not more ideological dogma. Votes: 0

People talk about smart sanctions and crippling sanctions. Ive never seen smart sanctions, and crippling sanctions cripple everyone, including innocent civilians, and make the government more popular. Votes: 0

Americans have no idea of the extent of their government's mischief... the number of military strikes we have made unprovoked, against other countries, since 1947 is more than 250. Votes: 0

The more things a government undertakes to do, the fewer things it can do completely. When the government tries to do everything it must do everything badly. Votes: 0

no one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in it's effect towards supporting free & good government. Votes: 0

Increasingly, the Chinese will own a lot more of the world because they will be converting their dollar reserves and U.S. government bonds into real assets. Votes: 0

More than anyone else, Adolf Hitler completely understood the union between government propaganda and between - and advertising, that they were in some ways the same thing. 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

We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting out an agenda for government. Votes: 0

Climate change is the perfect pseudoscientific theory for a big government politician who wants more power. Why? Because it is a theory that can never be disproven. Votes: 0

The minute they become a partner in the Palestinian government, reality will become a lot more complicated for them than when they were a terror organization alone. Votes: 0

Can't make your payments? No problem. The interest charges keep on coming. In fact, banks prefer it that way. More money for them. The government guarantees it. Votes: 0

There's nothing more political than sex. The church has had its hand on our crotch for more than 2,000 years, and the government is moving in that direction. Votes: 0

A government which is composed of the middle class more nearly approximates to democracy than to oligarchy, and is the safest of the imperfect forms of government. Votes: 0

Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to abandon their beliefs. Votes: 0

If politicians stopped meddling with things they don't understand, there would be a more drastic reduction in the size of government than anyone in either party advocates. Votes: 0

In government and out, there are vast realms of the bureaucracy dedicated to seeking more information, in perpetuity if need be, in order to avoid taking action. Votes: 0

Negative views of Pakistan expressed by prominent members of the global business community are taken more seriously by government functionaries than are appeals by human rights groups. Votes: 0

People talk about smart sanctions and crippling sanctions. I've never seen smart sanctions, and crippling sanctions cripple everyone, including innocent civilians, and make the government more popular. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, it is not in the power of government to make everyone more prosperous. Government can only raise the income of one person by taking from another. Votes: 0

Government is the greatest combination for forces known to human society. It can command more men and raise more money than any and all other agencies combined. Votes: 0

I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of my government. Votes: 0

No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability. Votes: 0

Economically, long-term joblessness means fewer dollars for consumption. For deficit control, it means fewer taxpayers contributing to government revenues and tens of billions more spent on unemployment insurance. Votes: 0

Republicans don't want to shrink government. They want more and more military, more and more surveillance. They'd like to have the government banning gay marriage and so forth. Votes: 0

Every government program needs to be more efficient. Instead of pointing out how other programs can tighten their belts, every program administrator must look inward to save money. Votes: 0

I will continue my consistent record of voting for lower taxes, less spending and fewer regulations to make our government more effective and efficient while upholding our Constitution. Votes: 0

The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than the government serves them. Votes: 0

All government is an evil, but, of the two form's of that evil, democracy or monarchy, the sounder is monarchy; the more able to do its will, democracy. Votes: 0

It should surprise no one that I'm out arguing for small government, reduced spending and getting our financial house in order, along with reasonable regulations and no more. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton wants to put the government totally in charge of your health care despite the fact it's no good. It'll be much more expensive than even today. Votes: 0

Government spending? I don't know what it's all about. I don't know any more about this thing than an economist does, and, God knows, he doesn't know much. Votes: 0

Government is nothing more than the combined force of society, or the united power of the multitude, for the peace, order, safety, good and happiness of the people. Votes: 0

I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world. Votes: 0

GE sells more than 96 percent of its products to the private sector, where America's future must be built. But government can help business invest in our shared future. Votes: 0

The only way government bureaucrats know of keeping prosperity going is to inflate some more - to increase the deficit or to pump more money into the system. Votes: 0

The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes. Votes: 0

The nicest constitutions of government are often like the finest pieces of clock-work, which, depending on so many motions, are therefore more subject to be out of order. Votes: 0

I am much more optimistic about consumer-driven change than I am governmental change. Anything can happen in government, but I do think we consumers can drive true change. Votes: 0

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government - that is despotism. Votes: 0

No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than any [constitutional] provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government. Votes: 0

Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. Votes: 0

I think we need more young people; we need to elect young people to government. We need to give them a chance, in the media, in politics, in democracy. Votes: 0

The truth is that the government cannot give if it does not take from somebody...It is not in the power of the government to make everybody more prosperous. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that is the aim of what I do. Votes: 0

How do we preserve our civil rights, our traditions as a liberal democracy, in a time when government power is expanding and is more and more difficult to check? Votes: 0

In the span of three years, the Iraqi people participated in three elections, drafted a constitution, and elected a new government. While more work remains, this is remarkable progress. Votes: 0

As a conquered rebellion strengthens a government, or as health is more perfectly established by recovery from some diseases; so anger, when removed, often gives new life to affection. Votes: 0

The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government. Votes: 0

The American people have made it abundantly clear that they want less government, not more. They want problems solved in a bipartisan manner, not the creation of new problems. Votes: 0

There is nothing wrong with becoming more ambitious along the way, but I think what the government has asked the council to do is a perfectly good starting point. Votes: 0

`Tis substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free Government. Votes: 0

As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and deeply into our networked lives. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse-that is, to grow more satisfactory to those who constitute it and less satisfactory to those who support it. Votes: 0

Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers. Votes: 0

Government sponsorship of religious activity, including prayer services, sacred symbols, religious festivals, and the like, tends to secularize the religious activity rather than make government more ethical or religious. Votes: 0