- Drifting
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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
The actions of my government are not bearable. They devastate our natural resources and deprive our people. The politicians speak piously while practicing greed and divisiveness. They care nothing for the nation. I want to do more than withdraw my support. I want to tar and feather them.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before they got vengeful, conservatives had some useful points to make about welfare. Government 'help' is too often guilt-assuaging gesture. It creates layers of wasteful bureaucracy. Too much help of the wrong sort creates a culture of dependency that swamps our ability to provide.
- Nov 07, 2020
People don't trust government, they don't trust Wall Street, they don't trust the church, they don't trust the media.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
- Handled
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn't persuade them and it cost me everything I had.
- Ego
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- Nov 07, 2020
Vietnam was a lie but at least there was a political agenda. It was the domino theory. Iraq is about nothing but George Bush's ego laced with imperialist ambitions. And it was helped by your government.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will be engaging myself personally, as the head of the Polish government, in the optimization of conditions for the exploration, research, logistics and the business related to the production of shale gas.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Poland we still believe - and this certainly applies to my government - that greater competitiveness, and greater growth and savings are possible in an economy which is as sparely regulated as possible, where freedom, competition and private ownership are key values.
- Image
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- Nov 07, 2020
The government has been repairing Poland's image and its relations with the European Union and the world.
- Here
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are giving the citizens of Poland a sense that a reasonable and predictable government is ruling here.
- Drops
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our Constitution exists to secure individual freedom, the essential condition of human flourishing. Liberty is not provided by government; liberty preexists government. It's our natural birthright, not a gift from the sovereign. Our founders upended things and divided power to enshrine a promise, not a process.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020