- Exercise
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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
- Honor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I promise by my conscience and honor to faithfully fulfill the obligations of the office of president of the government with loyalty to the King, and to keep and enforce the Constitution as the fundamental norm of the State.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to tell Quebecers that are listening: if you want to get back to the goal of creating a country, only a majority government can do it, a sovereigntist government of the Parti Quebecois.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government.
- Big Oil
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must reign in overspending by ridding government of outmoded programs, making Big Oil pay their fair share, repealing massive tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas, and enacting a tax code that no longer favors millionaires and billionaires.
- Priorities
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government spending clearly needs some adjusting. But a budget is a statement of our priorities, and balancing our spending on the backs of our nation's seniors is not the right approach.
- Derives
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- Nov 07, 2020
Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
While many of Mr. Obama's ideas warrant skepticism, conservative opposition to any expanded role for government is a mistake.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans.
- Debate
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- Nov 07, 2020
In government, the forces of risk-aversion and constant conflict serve to stultify and narrow the range of ideas up for debate.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a very bad idea for governments to create arbitrary and unfair outcomes, or outcomes resulting from the passions and whims of the government rather than from the law, just because they have the power to do so.
- Economic
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- Nov 07, 2020
The remarkable fact is not how much government does to control economic activity, but how much it does not do.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
This United States Government should go down to Mississippi and protect my people. That is what should happen.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And I've got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit you're not listening to them.
- Independence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government.
- Equal Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020