Government Quotes - Page 211

The history of American patriotism is figuring out ways that we can work together to move forward and knit together the common government.

During the Gulf War, journalists used to challenge government news managers and insisted they wouldn't just accept the official version of events.

The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.

I had to sign the paper to shut down the government. It's terrible.... [But] what the shutdown showed many, many people is the importance of the role of government. And as frustrated [as people get with] Washington, there are so many things [the government does] that are so important to people's lives every day. The panda cam, paying small businesses their loans - these are all things that shut down.

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

I believe in small government and people taking care of themselves.

Governments never do any great good things from mere principle, from mere love of justice ... You expect too much of human nature when you expect that.

A republican government should be based on free and equal education among the people

Our government makes the simple promise of a secure retirement to every American who works for many years and contributes to our retirement benefit system.

I hope that the American public understands that we have three levels of government. We have the (unintelligible) the executive, but there's legislative and the judicial, and the legislative obviously need to be just doing their job.

If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.

All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility. That responsibility has been abdicated here by some in the media and some in the government.

The same government that brought you urban renewal is likely to make an even worse mess of suburban renewal.

Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it.

Part of the problem with extreme patriotism is that it makes the support of one's country and its policies unconditional. Moderate patriots, on the other hand, see that taking morality seriously requires that our commitment to our country be conditional in two ways. First, the actions or policies of a government must be worthy of support or, at least, must not be serious violations of morality. When nations behave immorally, patriots need not support them.

It's the government's obligation to look really to the third parties to get the support to govern.

I forget what the relevant American rate is, but I can tell you that our goal is to have a combined federal-provincial corporate tax rate of no more than 25 percent. We're on target to do that by 2012. We will have significantly - by a significant margin the lowest corporate tax rates in the G-7, and that's our - our government's objective.

We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians.

I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq.

If Corporations are people, I guarantee you that a government of those people, by those people, and for those people will continue to exist.

I think the American public has gone from really almost white-hot anger in 2010 to an anxiety knowing their government needs to work.

It is not yet too late for the Indian people to decide on rapid, ordered progress. I can assure them that the British people are as determined upon self-government for India as they are themselves.

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.

Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term civic/corporate partnerships are still rare .But this need not remain the status quo, as many opportunities are available for such partnerships.

I think governments are quietly terrified. There's massive unemployment, a recession they don't know how to deal with, and the measures they've taken are not working yet, and maybe they're not going to work. There's a prospect of significant social disorder.