We’ve made great progress coordinating better as a government.
I can’t sit here and be a hypocrite and say I’m for limited government, but I think the government should decide what women do with their bodies.
We must stand up for the principle of parliamentary democracy and not allow the government’s failure in the Brexit process to be a licence for the U.K. to crash out of the E.U. without an agreement.
Every government has a fixed budget and demands of all sectors have to be fulfilled in that amount.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures. This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government – and they aren’t going to like it.
The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism is balanced and based on fact – based indeed on solid journalistic work.
Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.
I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.
In Belarus, the government is a kind of presidential monarchy with no checks, no balances, and no rule of law.
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
The United States government can indict you on something, and now you’ve got to prove your innocence. And that’s not the Constitution of the United States.
No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor.
In the United States, the government is bailing out banks, intervening in the economy, yet in Latin America, the Right continues to talk about ‘free markets.’ It’s totally outdated; they don’t have arguments; they don’t have any sense.
The military people don’t like it; the government probably doesn’t like it, but the people should know what they’re sending their young people into when they permit their governments to declare war and engage in war.
I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don’t understand the nature of government.
In government institutions and in teaching, you need to inspire confidence. To achieve credibility, you have to very clearly explain what you are doing and why. The same principles apply to businesses.
If the Australian Government were to associate itself with the United States attack on Iraq, which was not sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council, then we’d put this country at risk.
I don’t think it’s government’s job to find health care for people. I think it’s the individual’s job to find health care.
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.
I believe the role of the government is too big. Society must be more decentralized.
The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.
Safety has been my top legislative priority. I’m driven by the idea that safety is really a core function of government.
I am pleased to report that Texas is known for having one of the strongest set of open government laws in our Nation. And ever since that experience, I have long believed that our federal government could use ‘a little Texas sunshine.’
Local government is a gamble that can have disastrous consequences when it fails.
