- Mercy
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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
- Market
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- Nov 07, 2020
We no longer have a free market in the United States, we have a government controlled free market.
- Communist
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- Nov 07, 2020
No company fails in communist China, because they're all partly owned by the government.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
We really need a public-interest government that is not taking marching orders from the fossil-fuel industry and the banks and the war profiteers. We really need a government that is acting on our behalf.
- Mysterious
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- Nov 07, 2020
Secret government programs that pry into people's private affairs are bound up with ideas about secrecy and privacy that arose during the process by which the mysterious became secular.
- Loyalty
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same.
- Efficiently
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the government's business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me.
- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family.
- Big Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
- Break Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020