A heck of a lot more accountability comes from individuals or the church doing it than the government, that signs off on helping people at 5 o'clock, because it comes from the heart, not from a badge or a mandate.
Doug LaMalfa
HeartGovernmentPeopleChurchDoing
Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government.
Anthony Albanese
GoodGovernmentThinkingEnemy
A government is for the benefit of all the people.
William Howard Taft
GovernmentPeopleBenefit
The average Tea Partier is sincerely against government spending - with the exception of the money spent on them.
Matt Taibbi
MoneyGovernmentTeaAverageAgainst
The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.
Tom Clancy
KnowledgePowerGovernmentPeople
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.
Jose Serrano
GovernmentPeopleAmericanPolitical
It is my hope that the number of stem cell lines available for federally-funded research will be expanded so that the government can continue to participate in this vital research and provide hope to the millions of Americans with diseases that might be cured.
Dianne Feinstein
HopeGovernmentResearchWillLines
Obama was elected on a slogan of hope and change because both were in short supply: the military exhausted by two wars, the banks failing their public trust, the U.S. Congress a comedy of dysfunction, and a federal government that seemed designed to idle on the sidelines.
Nancy Gibbs
ChangeHopeTrustGovernmentShort
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.
John Doolittle
GovernmentPeopleEndGivingGoOwn
We're losing jobs in our manufacturing base, and those families that are going to be out of work over the holidays, that is a very sad thing. That is more governmental dependency. That is a reduced tax revenue for the state and for the federal government.
Anthony Scaramucci
WorkSadGovernmentLosingHolidays
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Edmund Burke
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When we were scared about 9/11, we federalized the airport security, we spent millions for body armor for dogs in Ohio. All that over-reaction comes from fear and government - bad combination.
John Stossel
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In addition, the oil royalties the Federal Government does not collect from big oil will starve the Land and Water Conservation Fund of critical financial resources.
Ron Kind
WaterGovernmentFinancialLandOil
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.
Lucy Powell
AchievementGovernmentMeCelebrate
I don't want my marriage or my guns registered in Washington. And if people have an opinion, it's a religious opinion that is heartly felt, obviously they should be allowed to practice that, and no government should interfere with them.
Rand Paul
MarriageGovernmentPracticePeople
Keeping government running really well, to me, is incredibly important.
Joe Lonsdale
GovernmentMeImportantWellRunning
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
Confucius
StarsGovernmentPlaceVirtueTurn
If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment.
Haile Selassie
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The Argentine government is convinced of Mrs. Malcorra's conditions and capacities that will allow her to amply carry out the functions of the role of Secretary General of the United Nations.
Mauricio Macri
GovernmentWillOutUnited Nations
At the end of the day, every member of the conservative movement, from our political commentators and thinkers to our elected officials, share an important and common purpose in advancing the cause of liberty, reigning in a bloated federal government, and defending our traditional family values.
Phil Gingrey
FamilyDayPurposeGovernmentEnd
I would have a democratic process for people to get together and talk about the way they want the government to conduct business with China.
Tsai Ing-wen
BusinessTogetherGovernmentPeople
The Founding Fathers: A bunch of old white guys who are making it nearly impossible for modern government to pick our doctors, teach our children, correct our diets, and save our money.
Mike Gallagher
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I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir.
Zubin Mehta
RespectGovernmentKashmirFact
I'd spent 25 years in government when I left the Defense Department back in '93, decided I'd go spend the rest of my career in the private sector, and then the president tapped me to come be his running mate. And it's been a remarkable experience. I wouldn't have missed it for the world.
Dick Cheney
ExperienceGovernmentMeWorldRest
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