Quotes about Our Government

No, our greatness does not come from our government. Votes: 4

Americans really expect to interact with our government digitally. Votes: 4

We must be loyal to the forum of our government. Votes: 4

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government. Votes: 4

Any unveiling is also veiling. No matter how transparent our governments want to be, governments will be selectively transparent. Votes: 4

I believe that it is my right and responsibility as an American to question our government when our government is wrong. Votes: 4

Liberals like using government to solve problems in OUR country and conservatives are using our government to solve problems in OTHER countries. Votes: 4

Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and our country. Votes: 4

Your government is no longer mine. Votes: 3

How our government works... it doesn't. Votes: 3

Congress is the Justin Bieber of our government Votes: 3

America is greatest country; but not our government. Votes: 3

Always love your country - but never trust your government! Votes: 3

[The judiciary is] the least dangerous branch of our government. Votes: 3

It always matters whether or not you can trust your government. Votes: 3

We need to make sure our government programs encourage work, not dependence. Votes: 3

You should always be questioning your government, but do not become cynical. Votes: 3

I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world. Votes: 3

You wonder sometimes how our government puts on its pants in the morning. Votes: 3

The choice between a Labour government and a Tory one is sharpening minds. Votes: 3

We depend on the Supreme Court to uphold the integrity of our government. Votes: 3

We should be able to go to our government and get clear answers. Votes: 3

As a fiscal conservative, I think that our government should pay for itself. Votes: 3

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government. Votes: 3

The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests. Votes: 3

With Will Shakespeare writing your government's propaganda, you can't go wrong, can you? Votes: 3

A man with a long history of racial discrimination should never run our government. Votes: 3

The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government. Votes: 3

Frankly our government has no idea what they're doing on many, many fronts, folks. Votes: 3

Do our government's poorly paid contract killers deserve our 'support' for blindly following orders? Votes: 3

This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into (schools). Votes: 3

Whatever party you're in in America, our troops deserve the full support of our government. Votes: 3

It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%. Votes: 3

We need to keep this Labour government, it has a good chance of another term. Votes: 3

We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government. Votes: 3

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. Votes: 3

It's that government bureaucracies crush innovation. We are falling further and further behind in our government. Votes: 3

Because of our Congressional committee system, our government is closer to a gerontocracy than a democracy. Votes: 3

I'd like to think that we've certainly strengthened the position of some of our government businesses. Votes: 3

I'm saying that there's way more to 9/11 than mainstream media and our government have told us. Votes: 3

It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy. Votes: 3

Our way of life, our government defines the way America is. I mean, it's not luck. Votes: 3

A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded. Votes: 3

It is a great privilege, as well as our responsibility, to pray for our government leaders. Votes: 3

We know the only way to reimagine our government is to reimagine who is leading it, Votes: 3

A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government. Votes: 3

Our way of life, our government defines the way America is. I mean, it's not luck. Votes: 3

Transporting Americans is and should be one of the most important functions our government must address. Votes: 3

I don't know what our government does except put us into debt and blow up other countries. Votes: 3

We've been on a long break and I've just been kicking back, doing nothing. Like our government. Votes: 3

But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people. Votes: 3

I believe the relationship you have with your government is not so different to a love relationship. Votes: 3

"Radicalized" is a new keyword for you to understand that allows our government to not say "terrorism." Votes: 3

"Radicalized" is a new keyword for you to understand that allows our government to not say "terrorism." Votes: 3

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself. Votes: 3

The greatest source of America's generosity is not our government; it's the good heart of the American people. Votes: 3

The American dream is under attack because our government has been hijacked by the Liberals in Washington DC. Votes: 3

I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family. Votes: 3

You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body. Votes: 3

The First Amendment says that we can protest and call to - on our government to address grievances. Votes: 3

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith. Votes: 3

By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter. Votes: 3

American nuclear weapons would almost certainly start being removed from Britain within 12 months of a Labour government gaining power. Votes: 3

We will not be silent. We will not obey. We will not allow our government to destroy our humanity. Votes: 3

I understand how bureaucracies work. And that's important because our government has become a vast, huge, bloated, corrupt bureaucracy. Votes: 3

If we fixed a hangnail the way our government fixes the economy, we'd slam a car door on it. Votes: 3

If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent. Votes: 3

The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works. Votes: 3

Only with our government are you given a certificate at birth, a license at marriage, and a bill at death. Votes: 3

God is not separate from anything, or anyone. So it's impossible to prevent God from being visible in our government. Votes: 3

I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns and women join the unqualified men in running our government. Votes: 3

The safest way to ensure diversity of opinion is diverse ownership. But this ideal has been sacrificed by our government... Votes: 3

We do need an attitude of leadership in our government which demonstrates faith in major population centres outside of Perth. Votes: 3

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term. Votes: 3

It takes our government an awful lot of time to do most things competently, and that's part of the problem here. Votes: 3

We're supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government. Votes: 3

The reality is that our independent judiciary is the most respected branch of our government and the envy of the world. Votes: 3

First no tooth fairythen no santaand no godand then your parents are only humanyour government is corruptand the universe is a hologram. Votes: 3

In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders. Votes: 3

Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom. Votes: 3

If two people of the same sex fall in love and want to marry, why would our government stand in their way? Votes: 3

Based on every statement I’ve heard out of any Republican in the last two years, the Israelis are controlling our government. Votes: 3

I don't really think our government at heart wants peace. So I urge you, write to Mrs. Laura Bush, because she reads. Votes: 3

For heaven's sakes, every parent in America is checking social media and every employer is as well, but our government can't do it. Votes: 3

It is disconcerting to sit with your parent and find you're turning over your future to your government, which can't manage their money. Votes: 3

Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons. Votes: 3

This is not about being liberal. This is not about being conservative. This is about making sure our government works for all Americans. Votes: 3

When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening, foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us Votes: 3

The persons and property of our citizens are entitled to the protection of our government in all places where they may lawfully go. Votes: 3

There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government. Votes: 3

We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness to act alone, its willingness to be everybody's enemy. Votes: 3

If you want a government that's going to do the things we ask our government to do, you've got to get it from somebody. Votes: 3

If [drugs] didn't exist, our government would have to invent them, the better to enact laws aimed at keeping the citizens "sinless and obedient." Votes: 3

Hamid Gul is an actor who is definitely not in our good books. Hamid Gul is somebody who was never appreciated by our government. Votes: 3

It must never be unpatriotic to support your country against your government. It must always be unpatriotic to support your government against your country. Votes: 3

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant? Votes: 3

Frankly, I'm fed up with politicians in Washington lecturing the rest of us about family values. Our families have values. But our government doesn't. Votes: 3

I don't own encryption, Apple doesn't own encryption. Encryption, as you know, is everywhere. In fact some of encryption is funded by our government. Votes: 3

The greatest danger to this country lies in their large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio and our government. Votes: 3

Terrorism is a direct response to the crimes our government has committed against foreigners (besides which, the actual terrorists are within our own government) Votes: 3

To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government. Votes: 3

[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: 3

Vetting and verifying information is one thing. Having our government sending out conflicting messages to the American people when conflict can be avoided is another. Votes: 3

Looking at these issues as a businessman, I believe that investing in the world's poorest people is the smartest way that our government spends money. Votes: 3

Americans are good people, and at times we can be wise. But we're often under-informed by media, misinformed by our government and ill-served by both. Votes: 3

To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government. Votes: 3

We simply cannot afford to allow our government to go unscrutinised, most of all in amid the bleak seeming imperatives of the 'war on terror'. Votes: 3

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before. Votes: 3

Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts. Votes: 3

The Second Amendment is the right to keep and bear arms for our citizenryThis is for usThis is for us when our government becomes tyrannical Votes: 3

It was gross enough for fast food restaurants to ban, but apparently our government wants so-called pink slime to be a staple in your kids' lunches. Votes: 3

No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful. Votes: 3

Our people still need support. Support us through writing your government officials. We are still on the verge of extinction, with continued injustices brought against us. Votes: 3

If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of our government. Votes: 3

The allied nations with the fullest concurrence of our government and people are agreed that in Palestine shall be laid the foundations of a Jewish Commonwealth. Votes: 3

The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it. Votes: 3

I really think that discrimination and racism is a horrible thing. And I don't want any form of it in our government, in our public sphere. Votes: 3

Clean water and power is our right as humans on this earth, and for too long, our governments in Africa have failed to provide these things. Votes: 3

My first real breakthrough collided with the last months of Callaghan's Labour government, which had every intention of enjoying my success as much as I did. Votes: 3

The two-way street of Total Information Awareness is the road that leads to a more transparent and complete picture of ourselves, our governments, and our world. Votes: 3

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible. Votes: 3

We have put in so much entitlement into our government that we really have spoiled our citizenryand said, you don't want the jobs that are available. Votes: 3

It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth. Votes: 3

If our government servants had to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as they have forced all of American business to do, they would be in jail. Votes: 3

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better. Votes: 3

When you have corporate influence on our government outweighing the influence of citizens, that's terrifying. This is something we have to make a big, big noise about. Votes: 3

I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back. Votes: 3

With four of the top ten most violent cities in America, Michigan will never fully flourish unless our governments can fulfill their basic task: protecting public safety. Votes: 3

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men. Votes: 3

If you will help run our government in the American way, then there will never be any danger of our government running America in the wrong way. Votes: 3

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: 3

The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name. Votes: 3

Where do find the most persecuted Christians in the world?... in the classrooms of our government schools, where the assault is not upon the body, but the soul. Votes: 3

Annual drug deaths: tobacco: 395,000, alcohol: 125,000, 'legal' drugs: 38,000, illegal drug overdoses: 5,200, marijuana: 0. Considering government subsidies of tobacco, just what is our government protecting us from in the drug war? Votes: 3

Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too often they are enemies of democracy. Votes: 3

Ed Balls has made it crystal clear that, left to its own devices, a Labour government would simply carry on with the same budget policies as the Tories. Votes: 3

And while the U.S. can never be 100 percent safe from a future strike, our government is working around the clock on measures to protect the American people. Votes: 3

You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic. Votes: 3

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: 3

I learned from my past, and I now employ those lessons going forward, looking to the future - don't you think it's about time our government did, too? Votes: 3

The parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are striking. In each instance there were warning signs before the attack, and in each instance our government failed to connect the dots. Votes: 3

I'd like to do a song that I wrote today about our government's increasing infringement on our right to privacy, but the lyrics mysteriously disappeared from my guitar case. Votes: 3

American POWs from the last Iraq war, who were held prisoner and tortured by Iraq, are now being prevented by our government from suing the Iraqis who tortured them. Votes: 3

All I know is just what I read in the Congressional Record. They have had some awful funny articles in there lately. As our government deteriorates, our humor increases. Votes: 3

Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable - even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government. Votes: 3

What's so cool about God and our government is that you can make a mistake, and they will forgive you if you just a good person and doing right. Votes: 3

But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right. Votes: 3

But that the people are stronger than the government, and will resist in extreme cases, our governments would be little or nothing else than organized systems of plunder and oppression. Votes: 3

Too many people, because they were white and poor, black and rich, or just plain busy with something other than politics, have felt they had no voice in our government. Votes: 3

One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt. Votes: 3

WikiLeaks is exposing our government officials for the frauds that they are. They also show us how governments work together to lie to their citizens when they are waging war. Votes: 3

If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government. Votes: 3

I know the President [Barack Obama]. I like him and respect him. That does not mean I agree with all of our government's policies, whether they come from Democrats or Republicans. Votes: 3

I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting, I figure that it must be a marvellous country. Votes: 3

This year, we are going to take our government out of the hands of corporate special interests and put it back into the hands of Ohio families - where it belongs. Votes: 3

I want to give my compliments to Australia. Ever since your government paid a few million dollars for a Jackson Pollack painting, I figure that it must be a marvellous country Votes: 3

When you live in Washington, D.C., you do get a sense, in a very direct way, of the durability of our government and really, the greatness of the American system. Votes: 3

My message to everyone: the next time you hear about migrant children near the border, just picture them as your own. Then think what you would want our government to do. Votes: 3

No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government. Votes: 3

We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws. Votes: 3

In a time of polarized politics there's one thing that more than ninety percent of Americans agree on, that our government is broken, and broken because of the money in politics. Votes: 3

We should view our government the way we should a friendly, cuddly lion. Just because he's friendly and cuddly shouldn't blind us to the fact that he's still got teeth and claws. Votes: 3

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters. Votes: 3

There's never been a nation like the United States, ever. It begins with the principles of our founding documents, principles that recognize that our rights come from God, not from our government. Votes: 3

The provisions we have made [for our government] are such as please ourselves; they answer the substantial purposes of government and of justice, and other purposes than these should not be answered. Votes: 3

It is my belief that there is a greater understanding than ever that women need to be equal participants in our homes, in our societies, in our governments, and in our workplaces. Votes: 3

For the Archivist, this role is a result of his obligation to preserve and assure timely and maximum access to our governmental records in the evolving historic saga of the American people. Votes: 3

The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush. Votes: 3

And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so. Votes: 3

We are vulnerable in the military and in our governments, but I think we're most vulnerable to cyber attacks commercially. This challenge is going to significantly increase. It's not going to go away. Votes: 3

There's a lot of money being generated by nerds right now. Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, the list goes on and on. Nerds make more money than our government. And with money comes power. Votes: 3

Get out of our schools God, get out of our textbooks God, get out of our government God, go away God, go away God, go away God, Katrina hits, God, where are you? Votes: 3

We must make it an imperative duty of our government to protect the gifts which Nature has bestowed on America and to insure the maintenance of a clean, healthy, wholesome environment for our people. Votes: 3

Global climate change is real. The legislative branch of our government is our last line of defense against pollution which is why I am so grateful to have the NRDC making our voice heard. Votes: 3

The utopian schemes of leveling and a community of goods, are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown. These ideas are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government unconstitutional. Votes: 3

But it is neither cannon nor bayonet that will do the worst damage to this city. No, this place will remember the war against our government just as long as there are inhabitants here. Votes: 3

We have evidence that a number of Bahrainis who oppose our government are being trained in Syria. I have seen the files and we have notified the Syrian authorities, but they deny any involvement. Votes: 3

Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations. Votes: 3

I think we're probably more unified than ever before because we're in a battle for survival. Not only for survival as the Republican Party, but survival of the check and balance system in our government. Votes: 3

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. Votes: 3

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country." Votes: 3

Our rulers for more than half a century have made sure that we are never to be told the truth about anything that our government has done to other people, not to mention our own. Votes: 3

We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid. Votes: 3

My message to David Cameron, as the head of our government, is to seriously think again about this Robin Hood tax, the tax to help the poor by taking a little bit from the rich. Votes: 3

We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it the priority and we sustained it with the money required to make it happen. Votes: 3

Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must be wary of what we are giving up in the name of fighting terrorism. Votes: 3

Vietnam was a lie but at least there was a political agenda. It was the domino theory. Iraq is about nothing but George Bush's ego laced with imperialist ambitions. And it was helped by your government. Votes: 3

People know something has gone terribly wrong with our government and it has gotten so far off track. But people also know that there is nothing wrong in America that a good old-fashioned election can't fix. Votes: 3

When you become complacent with someone lying, whether it is a close friend, the media, or your government, then you have essentially given them permission to continue to do so and most often at your expense. Votes: 3

I don't think our government really has much of a policy about air travel. I would compare the policies of United Arab Emirates, which has done a terrific job recognizing the value of transportation, of travel. Votes: 3

We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government. Votes: 3

The corporations have become our government. They're not just influential. Department by department, you name it, they put their people in high government positions, they have 10,000 PACs and 35,000 lobbyists, so there's no more opening to be heard. Votes: 3

The diffusion of information and the arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason, I deem [one of] the essential principles of our government, and consequently [one of] those which ought to shape its administration. Votes: 3

Come to find out, the Russians were never afraid of the Americans. They weren't raised with the terror that we were by our government. I was struck by how our government misled us for so many years. Votes: 3

Americans rightly asked, if this is the way our government responds to a natural disaster it knew about days in advance, how would it respond to a surprise terrorist attack? How would it respond to an earthquake? Votes: 3

Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people. Votes: 3

Every time our government chooses to use military force to bring about change in the world, it once again teaches our children the myth of redemptive violence, the myth that violence can be an instrument for good. Votes: 3

The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess. Votes: 3

I would say that since the war, our methods-out and those of the opposition-have become much the same. I mean you can't be less ruthless than the opposition simply because your government's 'policy' is benevolent, can you now? Votes: 3

Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360,000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic levels. Alarm bells are going off all over the place. But our government has done virtually nothing. Votes: 3

Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to petition our government. It's in the Constitution, and it's something that should be honorable and good. Votes: 3

In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stripping power from the courts, I believe we should follow the process prescribed in our Constitution - consideration of a Constitutional amendment. Votes: 3

Over the weekend it came out that the U.S. has been listening in on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone since 2002. At this point, I feel like the only world leader our government DOESN'T listen to is President Obama. Votes: 3

I love talking about the Kennedy assassination. The reason I do is because I'm fascinated by it. I'm fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it. Votes: 3

As a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it. Votes: 3

Courage--judgment--integrity--dedication--these are the historic qualities of the Bay Colony and the Bay State....And these are the qualities which, with God's help, this son of Massachusetts hopes will characterize our government's conduct in the four stormy years that lie ahead. Votes: 3

But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches' bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government - yes, a Labour government - is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools. Votes: 3

There is nothing wrong with corporations. Corporations are a good thing. But corporations should not be running our government. Corporations are good because they drive our economy, they encourage people to assemble wealth and to risk it and then create jobs. Votes: 3

I have another name for what they're terming whistleblowers, and that's righteous heroes. From Bradley Manning to Snowden. They're people of conscience who are unwilling to turn a blind eye to the crimes of our government. And thank goodness for them. Votes: 3

Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness. Votes: 3

That's not how national security works... I don't care what the Supreme Court said 30 years ago or what some judge said 15 minutes ago. This is America, and our government is collecting way too damn much data on we the private citizens! Votes: 3

It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS. Votes: 3

I don't believe in government. I hate politics. I'm against it. And I hope that sometime this fall, we can destroy part of our government, and next year destroy even more of it. The less government, the happier I will be. Votes: 3

The benefits and $174,000 per year salary that we get, we earn. It's not elaborate, it's just a bunch of poppycock that a lot of people have spread around trying to get us to hate our own government and our government representatives. Votes: 3

Any time you read that your government is erecting tariff barriers, supporting threatened industries with subsidies, or interfering in any way with free trade between individuals or nations, you must realize that your standard of living is being lowered as a result. Votes: 3

Americans should not have to wonder if their government is actively looking to subvert them or their political views. We live in a nation where respect for differing beliefs and a vibrant political discourse play an important role in shaping our government. Votes: 3

Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government. Votes: 3

We need to look beyond the obvious. Yes, there are minstrel images in hip-hop. Yes, there are demeaning, anti-racist, misogynistic and homophobic representations. We could make the same case about the church and our government. But hip-hop, like society, isn't one dimensional. Votes: 3

We wonder why we have got the Freemen or the militants. We wonder why we have got unrest in this country. It is because our government, in fact, has got out of hand and out of line, with the Endangered Species Act. Votes: 3

If our government has a policy, any political subdivision, that limits or restricts the enforcement of our immigration laws, we will sue them! And that suit will be $5,000 a day every day until that policy is changed! This law will be enforced. Votes: 3

Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to do is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many resources as possible flow into this country, to our corporations, and our government, and in fact we've been very successful. Votes: 3

The federal government is far larger than the Founding Fathers ever intended it to be. We have racked up over $16 trillion of debt through wasteful spending, and it is time that we cut that waste and start reducing the size of our government. Votes: 3

I think that when we look out with our underfunded liabilities and our national debt over $14 trillion, I think if we are part of that movement to get our government spending under control, I think that would be a tremendous legacy to leave. Votes: 3

If you really believe the number one priority of our government is the protection of our people, then the idea of being defenseless against an intercontinental ballistic missile or any other type of weapon system that puts us in jeopardy is not acceptable. Votes: 3

The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people. Votes: 3

I don't believe we need any more taxes. We need to curtail the size of government. That seems to be a common thread among a majority of Americans out there that understand that we have to limit the size and scope of our government. Votes: 3

Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded. Votes: 3

As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending. Votes: 3

I don't think I'm against all wars, but you'd have to have a damn good reason to send your son or daughter to fight, or to go yourself. So often, we are lied to and manipulated by our governments for their own very cynical reasons. Votes: 3

And I keep saying, whether you like the president or not, everybody has to pull together and help the president because, as the president goes, so goes the country, as the country goes, so goes your job, your ability to feed your family, your government. Votes: 3

I am always looking for ways our government can help make everyday life easier for Ontarians, and these new polymer birth certificates do just that. Having a safe and durable birth certificate will provide more security and help protect people from fraud and identify theft. Votes: 3

I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government; I mean an additional article taking from the Federal Government the power of borrowing. Votes: 3

Now is the time to alter our government. Now is the time to stop the movement toward oligarchy. Now is the time to create a government which represents all Americans and not just the 1%... No more excuses. We must all become involved in the political process. Votes: 3

Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government, and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it. Votes: 3

To me, I was right from the beginning, because it's my right as an American to speak up and question our president, have my point of view, have my opinion, question what I want to question, and say what I want to say about our government. Votes: 3

If I had been prime minister, I would have offered apologies to the Dutch Jewish community without hesitation. This would refer both to our government's attitude during the Second World War and to the very late postwar discovery that the restitution process had been poorly conceived. Votes: 3

Yes, religion and politics do mix. America is a nation based on biblical principles. Christian values dominate our government. The test of those values is the Bible. Politicians who do not use the bible to guide their public and private lives do not belong in office. Votes: 3

I have been in Congress for more than a half century. I have lived through times of fear and times of hope. Of despair and of achievement. I have seen our government at its best, but today I fear that we see our government at its worst. Votes: 3

I believe to go along to get along is unpatriotic. I believe that agreeing with your government on everything they do is unpatriotic. I believe a patriot stands up and holds your government's feet to the fire. Because if you do that, you will get good government. Votes: 3

The other thing I like, in fact, several months ago I introduced a bill to end the absurd catch and release policy where our government has been giving tickets, essentially, to people who enter illegally and then letting them go and show up of their own volition. Votes: 3

I would love to get married, first of all, from my children's perspective. People don't think of children when they think of gay marriage, but I do have children, and for them to see their family validated as other families are validated and protected by our government, yes. Votes: 3

We were in a great, seething moment in the 1970s. There was a new Labour government and everything seemed full of hope... But, as we got older and we saw how much women's behaviour contributed to what was wrong, we stopped being able to see ourselves purely as. Votes: 3

The fact that our government is using instruments of government like the IRS to punish its opponents, this is not the kind of thing that is a Democrat or a Republican issue. This is an American issue... A lot of people do not feel free to express themselves. Votes: 3

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. Votes: 3

There has been growing quite a strain of irritating feeling between our government and the Russians and it seems to me that it is a time for me to use all the restraint I can on these other people who have been apparently getting a little more irritated. Votes: 3

What is in the air there in Washington, what is in the water? What is wrong with them? This is not a rhetorical question. I think it is unspoken question No.1 as Americans look at so many of the individuals in our government. What is wrong with them? Votes: 3

We know that expanded access to natural gas is important to families and businesses in communities across Ontario. That's why our government is developing new natural gas programs to improve access, which will generate economic activity, attract significant investment, create jobs, and break down barriers in our communities Votes: 3

our great common challenge ... is to free people from religion, get it out of our laws, our schools, our health systems, our government and, I would add, also our sporting events. I would really like to see some separation of church and stadium, if we could work on that. Votes: 3

The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in the sand? If you don't enforce the constitutional limitations on your government very soon, you are likely to find out what World War III will be like. Votes: 3

It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor and suffering people yourself is compassion. Voting for our government to use guns to give money to help poor and suffering people is immoral, self-righteous, bullying laziness. Votes: 3

The government continues to erode our freedom. Votes: 2

Tell the Government, our people shall not starve. Votes: 2

So government acts as a safeguard of our property. Votes: 2

All our rights are gradually eroded as government gets bigger. Votes: 2

Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner. Votes: 2

Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men. Votes: 2

Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low. Votes: 2

Americans cherish our liberty and don't want government or corporations to take away our freedoms. Votes: 2

Obama believes in a big central government, where the federal government controls everything in our lives. That's socialism. Votes: 2

Regarding our links with the Russian government, Severstal is a private company with no government participation. We are answerable to our shareholders. Votes: 2

But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense. Votes: 2

Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution. Votes: 2

Our government has no integrity! Votes: 0

Our own government has become our enemy. Votes: 0

The government endangers us with our own money. Votes: 0

When did the government become our psycho ex-girlfriend Votes: 0

Patriotism means loving our country, not the government. Votes: 0

Our government treats the LGBT community like second-class citizens. Votes: 0

Our rights come from nature and God, not government. Votes: 0

A government of our own is our natural right Votes: 0

The federal government is our servant, not our master. Votes: 0

As government increases in quantity, our lives decrease in quality. Votes: 0

And government's only role is to secure our rights for us. Votes: 0

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness. Votes: 0

The Constitution poses no threat to our current form of government. Votes: 0

I decided to go into politics because of our Soviet-style government. Votes: 0

It is often said that our modern world is incapable of self-government. Votes: 0

By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion... . Votes: 0

[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government. Votes: 0

Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government. Votes: 0

We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government. Votes: 0

The beginning of every government starts with the education of our youth. Votes: 0

The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government. Votes: 0

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

Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem. Votes: 0

Government is not the solution, but rather the cause of our problems. Votes: 0

Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel. Votes: 0

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all. Votes: 0

Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored. Votes: 0

Government does not grow by seizing our freedoms, but by assuming our responsibilities. Votes: 0

Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed, Votes: 0

Our morbidly obese federal government needs not just behavior modification but bariatric surgery. Votes: 0

We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government. Votes: 0

The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians in our country. Votes: 0

Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English. Votes: 0

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it. Votes: 0

Our war cries opened the deaf ears of the almighty government and its accomplices. Votes: 0

In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office. Votes: 0

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states. Votes: 0

Disaster management should be coordinated by the federal government, .. It is our exact responsibility. Votes: 0

What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love? Votes: 0

Our rights come from God - not man, not a monarch, not a government. Votes: 0

Our choices at all levels-individual, community, corporate and government-affect nature. And they affect us. Votes: 0

Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak. Votes: 0

The government has to spend money during a recession, because their spending is our earning. Votes: 0

Our government, media houses, schools, must focus on creating a new culture in our society. Votes: 0

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

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements. Votes: 0

I think it's a fundamental responsibility of the federal government to enforce our nation's borders. Votes: 0

Our enemies are a radical network of terrorists - and every government that supports them. Votes: 0

Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them. Votes: 0

Health care costs are an issue both for the government and for our larger economy. Votes: 0

We just need the government to be that greenhouse that permits our faith to grow. Votes: 0

In our democracy we must have a partnership of labor, of business and of government. Votes: 0

Our government's got a war on drugs. That's certainly better then no drugs at all. Votes: 0

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up. Votes: 0

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. Votes: 0

For me popular violence is as much an obstruction in our path as the Government violence. Votes: 0

Our government is a gift from God, who calls us to be good stewards of it. Votes: 0

I think all of our ministers are relatively inexperienced. I'm relatively inexperienced. We're a six-month-old government. Votes: 0

I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nation's faith in its elected leaders. Votes: 0

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence. Votes: 0

I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nations faith in its elected leaders. Votes: 0

Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule. Votes: 0

Coercion by government, the main fear of our founding fathers, is now its most common attribute. Votes: 0

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

Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance. Votes: 0

We owe the government taxes. We owe our creditors interest. What do these powers owe us? Votes: 0

Under our scheme of government the waste of public money is a crime against the citizen. Votes: 0

Judicial review has been a part of our democracy in this constitutional government for over 200 years. Votes: 0

Do Americans want the government to micromanage every aspect of our lives? President Ronald Reagan certainly didn't. Votes: 0

"Our government will soon become what it is already a long way toward becoming, an elective dictatorship. Votes: 0

The Pledge clearly acknowledges the fact that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government. Votes: 0

The Pledge clearly acknowledges the fact that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government. Votes: 0

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. Votes: 0

Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it. Votes: 0

The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; its broken. One of our three branches of government is broken. Votes: 0

Our government shouldn't make promises we cannot keep, but we must keep the promises we've already made. Votes: 0

The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of government is broken. Votes: 0

Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it. Votes: 0

Government conspiracy? They can't even deliver our mail and it's got our address on it and everything! Votes: 0

Private enterprise creates; government destroys. That is the great economic lesson of our times and all times. Votes: 0

I want to make clear that we respect the role of government in our legal andeconomic system. Votes: 0

I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government. Votes: 0

Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub. Votes: 0

We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate. Votes: 0

We just put General Motors in the hands of people who can't even run our own government. Votes: 0

I believe the states can best govern our home concerns and the federal government our foreign ones. Votes: 0

In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people. Votes: 0

Our government has become incompetent, unresponsive, corrupt. And that incompetence, ineptitude, lack of accountability is now dangerous. Votes: 0

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

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

We have been lied to and terrorized by our own government, and it is time to take action. Votes: 0

The demand of our people in 1980 is not for smaller government or bigger government but for better government. Votes: 0

There's an inverse relationship between the size and scope of government and the health of our free-market economy. Votes: 0

Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Votes: 0

Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense. Votes: 0

Our government is a bird with two right wings... They're devoted to the perpetuation & spread of corporate capitalism. Votes: 0

Either we pay the government's bills, or we leave them for our kids to pay. It's that simple. Votes: 0

Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call. Votes: 0

I know. It's shocking to think that the government would try to stick its nose in our ladyparts. Votes: 0

Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away. Votes: 0

Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through. Votes: 0

The national Government sees in both Christian denominations the most important factor for the maintenance of our society. Votes: 0

There's a simple solution to our traffic problems. We'll have business build the roads, and government build the cars. Votes: 0

If the government or the parties won't address our needs, we will. It's about direct action, even civil disobedience. Votes: 0

In our complex world, there cannot be fruitful initiative without government, but unfortunately there can be government without initiative. Votes: 0

American families cannot compete with billionaires. Our involvement in government should not be dependent on our bank account balances Votes: 0

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much. Votes: 0

Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights. Votes: 0

Because of our peculiar electoral law, the American government is divided between two parties. The American people are not. Votes: 0

The founders of our nation feared paper currency because it gave government the means to steal from its citizens. Votes: 0

We Americans unite faith and freedom in asserting that our liberties are your gift, God, not that of government. Votes: 0

The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives. Votes: 0

We in Tennessee know that low taxes, less government, and less spending are the ways to grow our economy. Votes: 0

But those who believe that what our people desire is big government are living in a state of delusion. Votes: 0

What both the left and the right overlook is our Founders' wisdom about the limits and dangers of government. Votes: 0

The central issue of our time - of all times - is the size, power and scope of government. Votes: 0

Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal. Votes: 0

Our problem in money-making or government affairs is how to remain properly venturesome and experimental without making fools of ourselves. Votes: 0

It has been a long fight to put the control of our economic system in the hands of the government. Votes: 0

Our government is focused on creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity and on creating the right conditions for Canadian businesses. Votes: 0

The government cannot overcome bad parenting. What our leaders can do is publicly condemn irresponsible parental behavior in vivid terms. Votes: 0

With all the imperfections of our present government, it is without comparison the best existing, or that ever did exist. Votes: 0

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

There is no greatness apart from self control. Development that does not include self government will only guarantee our mediocrity. Votes: 0

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government. 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

There's a real danger in the way our representative government functions today. It functions properly only when paired with accountability. Votes: 0

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties. Votes: 0

The greatest danger facing our nation isn't terrorism, global warming or the energy crisis. It is out-of-control, unbridled government spending. Votes: 0

The government of our great country belongs to all of the people and not just a handful of the wealthy. Votes: 0

Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion. Votes: 0

We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care. Votes: 0

The notion of a world government to defend our rights would have sent the founding fathers running for their muskets. Votes: 0

The people's right to change what does not work is one of the greatest principles in our system of government Votes: 0

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example. Votes: 0

We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area. Votes: 0

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

Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it. Votes: 0

In China, going public has a cachet from a branding standpoint. It will improve our image to ad agencies, government regulators. Votes: 0

If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it's an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army. Votes: 0

Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words. Votes: 0

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. Votes: 0

Our government should be entirely and purely secular. The religious views of a candidate should be kept entirely out of sight. Votes: 0

The Supreme Court must strike down the government's illegal spying program as a violation of our Fourth Amendment right to privacy. Votes: 0

What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren? Votes: 0

It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger. Votes: 0

Leaders in business and government, who fail to see the holistic interdependence of our planet, are destined to cause its demise. Votes: 0

We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. Votes: 0

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. Votes: 0

Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine. 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

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. Votes: 0

We cannot afford to walk down that dangerous path of government overstepping its boundaries into the most personal parts of our lives. Votes: 0

Call me an alarmist, but we are witnessing the beginning of the most frightening period of government tyranny in our nation's history. Votes: 0

Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. Votes: 0

The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job. Votes: 0

In our democracy, near equality is no equality. Government either treats everyone the same, or it doesn't. And right now it doesn't. Votes: 0

There are some power-abusing, corrupt monsters in our federal government that despise me because I have the audacity to speak the truth. Votes: 0

The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult. Votes: 0

We see government's mission as fostering and enabling the important realms - our businesses, service clubs, Little Leagues, churches - to flourish. Votes: 0

The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld. Votes: 0

I have the perfect simplified tax form for government. Why don't they just print our money with a return address on it? Votes: 0

If the average citizen thinks God has nothing to do with government, who then creates our rights and what makes them inalienable? 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

Our government has made a whole lot of promises that, in the long run, it cannot possibly keep without huge tax increases. Votes: 0

No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins we the people, not us the government. 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

If we quickly cast aside our constitutional form of government, then the enemy will not be the terrorists, it will be us. 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

If it is true that men are better than women because they are stronger, why aren't our sumo wrestlers in the government? 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

I believe that government is too large, costs too much, spends too much, and has too much regulatory power in our lives. Votes: 0

When we give government the power to make medical decisions for us, we, in essence, accept that the state owns our bodies. Votes: 0

We in government should learn to look at our country with the eyes of the entrepreneur, seeing possibilities where others see only problems Votes: 0

Our government makes no sense unless it is founded on a deeply held religious belief - and I don't care what it is. Votes: 0

Our government denies that terrorism is caused by Islamic doctrine. Now, that is true, and it is a declarative statement. It's not arguable. Votes: 0

Our government denies that terrorism is caused by Islamic doctrine. Now, that is true, and it is a declarative statement. It's not arguable. Votes: 0

Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society. 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

Our whole practical government is grounded in mob psychology and the Boobus Americanus will follow any command that promises to make him safer. Votes: 0

Republican governors are leading the way in helping the private sector create new jobs, reforming government and getting our economy back on track. Votes: 0

Look how many of our young are ill prepared to enter adult life today. This was designed by progressives to create government dependency. 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

As never before does the keeping of our economic machine in tune depend upon wise policies in the administrative side of the government. Votes: 0

When a Jew, in America or in South Africa, talks to his Jewish companions about 'our' government, he means the government of Israel. Votes: 0

Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now. Votes: 0

Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive Votes: 0

The war for freedom will never really be won because the price of freedom is constant vigilance over ourselves and over our Government. Votes: 0

In our own lives, let each of us asknot just what government will do for me, but what can I do for myself? Votes: 0

Certainly the Government has tried to handle the matter of our relations with the rest of the Continent in a very sensitive manner. Votes: 0

Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name. 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

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification. 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

We've already seen the federal government stretch their regulatory tentacles into our homes and determine what kind of light bulbs we have to use. Votes: 0

The simple truth is that our businessmen do not want a government that will let business alone. They want a government they can use. Votes: 0

I am proud of my part in the creation of this new state. Our Government was the first to recognize the State of Israel. Votes: 0

I believe in making government as Ronald Reagan said. Not the distributor of gifts and privilege but once again the protector of our liberties. Votes: 0

We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone. Votes: 0

We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives. Votes: 0

We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law. Votes: 0

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. Votes: 0

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency. Votes: 0

I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken. Votes: 0

It is past time for the U.S. government to fully fulfill our moral obligation to those who have fought for freedom and democracy. Votes: 0

It's up to me to promote my faith and somebody else to promote theirs. Let the government just protect our right to do so. Votes: 0

The economic welfare of all our people must ultimately stem not from government programs, but from the wealth created by a vigorous private sector. Votes: 0

We're facing a natural disaster in the middle of an economic disaster. The federal government has to balance its budget the way our families do. Votes: 0

Our ports are a vital link in national security and it is extremely dangerous to be considering their sale to the United Arab Emirates government. Votes: 0

The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only. Votes: 0

The real menace of our Republic is the invisible Government which like a giant Octopus, sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states, and nation. Votes: 0

Not in government or force, not in slavery or war, but in the creative, and thereby spiritual, power of freedom, shall our inspiration be found. Votes: 0

I feel the denial of gay marriage sends a prejudice message. Our youth deserve a fair and hopeful future with government that values us equally. Votes: 0

In our system of government, an opposition party doesn't have the ability to pass legislation, but it has the ability to massively screw things up. Votes: 0

If our language and culture are not passed on to immigrants, where will they learn to value integrity in government and the rule of law? Votes: 0

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations. Votes: 0

They are exactly the persons who are to succeed to the government of our country and to rule its future enmities, its friendships and fortunes. 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

We... are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant. Votes: 0

My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants. Votes: 0

Any form of government, not just Capitalism, is whatever people who have all our money, drunk or sober, sane or insane, decide to do today. Votes: 0

Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting. 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

Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government. Votes: 0

Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises. Votes: 0

Let's get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let's take a stand for personal freedom. Votes: 0

There is a very serious fiscal-policy question of, 'Are we running our overall fiscal policy such that we as a government can pay our bills?' Votes: 0

He hadn't killed nearly as many people as I had. But then again, he hadn't had my advantage, which was the full cooperation of our Government. Votes: 0

We don't propose to sit here in our rocking chair with our hands folded and let the Communists set up any government in the Western Hemisphere. Votes: 0

All progress and growth is a matter of change, but change must be growth within our social and government concepts if it should not destroy them. Votes: 0

Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time. Votes: 0

Do not fear or misunderstand when the Government say they are looking to our defences. I give you my word that there will be no great armaments. Votes: 0

It is an obvious and blatant stupidity beyond my ability to articulate how dumb it is for us not to teach our children how to run the government. Votes: 0

Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our citizens to be? Votes: 0

We act not for ourselves but for the whole human race. The event of our experiment is to show whether man can be trusted with self - government. Votes: 0

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them. Votes: 0

Peace with all the world is my sincere wish. I am sure it is our true policy, and am persuaded it is the ardent desire of the government. Votes: 0

We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution - not over it. In our courts we want a government of laws and not of men. Votes: 0