- Nothing
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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
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
When, in his first inaugural address, Ronald Reagan famously said government is the problem, not the solution, he established the Republican mantra that has not changed in all the years since. It was a clever bit of rhetoric, but it has turned too many Republicans into economic simpletons.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
In America, we have a government that some people believe is too big and overbearing, yet, when it comes to guns, we might as well have no government at all.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our fumbling government's response since Beirut - during both Republican and Democratic administrations - has been to cut and run, or to flat ignore this growing threat, apparently hoping it would go away.
- Fixated
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think that voters should be fixated on public policy. In a healthy republic, they wouldn't have to worry every waking hour about what their government is doing.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
A boatload of government money is indeed a gift. Unless, I suppose, you're one of the saps paying for the cargo.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems like not a lot of the world's issues can be solved by big government. But they can be solved by brands, and brands putting their best foot forward need advertising.
- Economic
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- Nov 07, 2020
The government does not deny it routinely spies to advance American economic advantage, which is part of its broad definition of how it protects American national security.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are certainly some secrets the government needs to protect, but many of the most important clues about revolutions, nuclear transfers, and new military sites can be found online, in open chat rooms and commercial satellite photos.
- Economics
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- Nov 07, 2020
After my undergraduate, I've written a thesis that was in the government department, but largely, it turned out almost an economic type of thesis. And I was very interested in that, and I wanted to go get a Ph.D. in Economics.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once we secure our borders - and the federal government has not done a good job - then Congress, I believe, needs to take up the issue and look at how we try and identify those people that are here, that are national security risks to the United States.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
We borrowed money, it helped us with bonds and what not, and the Federal Government backed it, but it was a guarantee, it was not a grant. And we not only paid it off, but we paid it off ahead of time.
- Responsibility
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- Nov 07, 2020