Top 457 Government Quotes

The job of a journalist is to find out stuff. The job of the government - sometimes - is to keep stuff secret. There's a natural tension there.

The job of a journalist is to find out stuff. The job of the government - sometimes - is to keep stuff secret. There's a natural tension there.

Alex Gibney

Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.

Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.

Samuel Freeman Miller

The revolution has been dubbed The Orange Revolution, orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government.

The revolution has been dubbed The Orange Revolution, orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government.

Bob Schaffer

Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.

Louise Slaughter

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.

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.

Lee H. Hamilton

I've always been really uninterested in politicians and the acts of the Houses of Parliament, or government as an idea. But I'm interested in politics in that I'm a member of the world, and I have strong feelings of right and wrong, but I can't get into the ins and outs of it.

Ewan McGregor

As far as the constitution allows me, I will try to ensure that there is responsible and accountable governance at all levels of government in the country. For I will not have kept my own trust with the Nigerian people if I allow others abuse theirs under my watch.

Muhammadu Buhari

The greatest bulwark against an overreaching government, as tyrants know, is a religious population. That is because religious people form communities of interest adverse to government control of their lives; religious communities rely on their families and each other rather than an overarching government utilizing force.

Ben Shapiro

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

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

Kjell Magne Bondevik

Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners.

Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners.

Dirk Kempthorne

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