- Nov 07, 2020
Government Quotes
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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.
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- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative.
- Government Spending
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- Nov 07, 2020
The same undisciplined government spending and social engineering that has undermined our economy over the past 30 years has also been tearing at the social fabric of this land.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
The atomic weapons race and the secrecy surrounding it crushed American democracy. It induced us to conduct government according to lies. It distorted justice. It undermined American morality.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are.
- American
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the first weeks after Hiroshima, extravagant statements by President Truman and other official spokesmen for the U.S. government transformed the inception of the atomic age into the most mythologized event in American history.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.
- Nov 07, 2020
I've always considered the government taking one out of every two dollars I earn absolute tyranny.
- Auto
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- Nov 07, 2020
Neither the George W. Bush nor the Obama administrations volunteered to bail out G.M., Chrysler and other parts of the auto sector. Both subscribed firmly to the longstanding American principle that government should resolutely avoid these kinds of interventions, particularly in the industrial sector.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finally, let's keep well in mind the most important lesson of the auto rescue: While government should stay away from the private sector as much as possible, markets do occasionally fail, and when they do government can play a constructive role, as it did in the case of the auto rescue.
- Technology
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- Nov 07, 2020
Barack Obama was a president who understood not only how technology could transform the way government services worked but also technology itself. He got it.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
People come to this country because they view our culture as the best. It is a culture free of persecution, a culture free of oppressive government, and above all... a culture of really, really cool stuff.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's no secret that the environmental movement is ultimately designed to create new inroads into increased government control. All of the shots taken at emissions, the dependence on fossil fuels, and noise pollution are designed to paint those things as symptoms of a problem, with the government able to step in as the solution.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Liberals don't believe in the ultimate concept of self-reliance, which is why they look to the government for stability.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020