- Parliament
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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
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
A secular worldview hostile to biblical values has overrun our culture and permeated our government.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, now, and there's - for every dollar the federal government spends, there's real people on the other side, and so when we talk about reductions that are going to affect providers, that's going to affect hospitals and doctors and others.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a duty for any government to uphold the rule of law, and this sometimes requires the proportionate use of force.
- Economic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government should create the environment and incentives to stimulate investment in sustainable innovation, take away barriers, and accelerate adoption, even in turbulent economic times.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, it's hard to get interested in the whole idea of government. Nothing ever changes, especially people saying 'nothing ever changes,' despite the fact their kid now has a free nursery place and their aunt was forced to work despite having dementia.
- Motherhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's this idea that motherhood is as American as apple pie, but yet we don't support it with any government assistance.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My particular historical vantage point is a product of my upbringing as that odd duck, a native Washingtonian whose parents were not in government. The first presidential transition of my sentient lifetime, Kennedy's, I remember vividly.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even a very brief tape-delay introduces a form of censorship into the broadcast - not direct governmental control, but it means that a network representative is in effect guessing at what a government might tolerate, which can be even worse.
- Expedient
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- Nov 07, 2020
A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.
- Changes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in Australia for many years. And the system there is a two-party system and the government changes from time to time.
- Finance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sharia has become an increasingly significant force in American capitalism, thanks to the embrace by Wall Street and the U.S. government of so-called Sharia-Compliant Finance. Indeed, this country's taxpayers now own the largest purveyor of sharia-compliant insurance products in the world: AIG.
- Components
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, conservatives have succeeded by adhering to a platform that rests firmly on three legs: smaller government, faith and family, and a strong national defense. These three legs do not merely represent a political coalition; they are three necessary components of a strong and secure America.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020