- Computers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government Quotes
Testimony, accountability and risk assessment.
These "government" quotes come largely from public testimony and accountability — speakers describing appearances before Congress and the basic expectation that citizens deserve clear answers from officials. For related themes, see Business quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each of us should take personal responsibility for our diet, and our children's diet, and the government's role should be to make certain it provides the best information possible to help people stay healthy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem is not that America does not have energy. The problem is that our government - alone among the governments of the world - will not allow its own people to recover the energy that they possess.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gov. Romney is a proven and effective leader with vast experience in the business world, in the non-profit world and in government. And in every capacity in which he has ever served, he has been effective as a leader.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't subsidize proselytizing or worship or religious activity. It can't.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the state.' We don't sort of take power and grab the levers of government and impose our agenda down people's throats.
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't think of a time that the U.S. government asked us or instructed us not to report or air something.
- Black Americans
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- Nov 07, 2020
The injustices endured by black Americans at the hands of their own government have no parallel in our history, not only during the period of slavery but also in the Jim Crow era that followed.
- Politician
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have proudly spent several periods in government, but I'm not a career politician. I come from a family of 'citizen soldiers.'
- Care Costs
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- Nov 07, 2020
We don't know what our health care costs are going to be. We don't know what our tax rates are going to be. We don't know what our interest rates are going to be. We don't know what our energy costs are going to be. All these uncertainties are being driven by the Government's agenda. What we really need to do is get Government to step back.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental building block of our society.
- Eminent
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- Nov 07, 2020
One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue.
- Evident
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- Nov 07, 2020
After the horrific attacks of September 11th, it was evident that our Government needed to be transformed to meet the new challenges of this dangerous world.
- Needs
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reform of government needs to continue.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.
- Put
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- Nov 07, 2020
Iraqis have held elections and have recently put together their government, all encouraging developments.
- European Countries
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- Nov 07, 2020