Government Quotes
I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
Harold Pinter
British playwright
I'm tired of divided government. It doesn't work very well.
Paul Ryan
Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
I can't think of a time that the U.S. government asked us or instructed us not to report or air something.
Jim Walton
American businessman
Surveillance legislation fit for the 21st century, which strikes the right balance between privacy, security and democracy is a prize worth fighting for, and Labour will work constructively with the government to achieve it.
Keir Starmer
Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom
The majority must be persuaded by ideology that their government is good, wise and, at least, inevitable, and certainly better than other conceivable alternatives. Promoting this ideology among the people is the vital social task of the 'intellectuals.'
Murray Rothbard
American economist
The danger of the Internet is cocooning with the like-minded online - of sending an email or Twitter and confusing that with action - while the real corporate and military and government centers of power go right on.
Gloria Steinem
American journalist
In addition to an excellent government-level bilateral relationship Japan and New Zealand have built up a number of multi-layered cultural interactions and people-to-people exchanges through trade, tourism and sports.
Fumio Kishida
Japanese politician
Brand-name drugs have no competition, since the government grants them very long, exclusive marketing rights.
Marcia Angell
American physician
Fifteen years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the United States government still has little idea how many foreign travelers overstay their visas annually and remain in the U.S.
Mark Meadows
Former White House Chief of Staff
At some risk of oversimplification, I suggest that the usual reason a business cycle turns into a monster is an overdose of government policy.
Edgar Fiedler
American economist.
In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home.
Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President
I think government actually does create jobs.
Michelle Lujan Grisham
Governor of New Mexico
The government should be working to create more trust in our elections, not less.
Nicole Malliotakis
American politician
We must examine then the concerns of the Government of Japan about the language of the treaty itself - of SOFA - and of the interim and further arrangements that have been made since 1995, and see whether or not we need to make any changes. Those are decisions I cannot make.
Howard Baker
Former White House Chief of Staff
The concept of active cooperation has taken the place of opposition to the new form of government and of dreamy resignation entranced with the beauty of times past.
Gustav Stresemann
Former Chancellor of the German Reich
The government would be making decisions about what type of care is given, what procedures can be performed, and the kind of medications prescribed. It would be a very profound change from the ideal to which we aspire.
Nan Hayworth
American ophthalmologist
Unlike the victims of 9/11, who received plenty of relief aid compensation from the government and charitable institutions, those who suffered hate crimes were given very little. As tax-paying citizens of the country, they too deserved similar compensation.
Puneet Issar
Indian actor
We pledge to you that we will create jobs. End economic uncertainty and make America more competitive. We will cut Washington wasteful spending and reduce the size of government. And we will reform Congress and restore your trust in government.
Kevin Mccarthy
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
There is no central government database that allows officials to monitor water tests by local systems.
Charles Duhigg
American journalist
My definition of patriotism is that it is unconscionable for you to disrespect the flag. You can be a patriot and challenge the government without disrespecting the flag.
Emily Compagno
Attorney
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