- Happiness
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- 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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Clout
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.
- Economic System
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with unprecedented prosperity. And it has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.
- Facto
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto public utilities, depriving people of choice, depriving people of options, raising people's prices, raising taxes when we need new jobs.
- Better Off
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- Nov 07, 2020
The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back.
- Displace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.
- Dichotomy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well, but that it has limits.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive.
- Horizon
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Obama's reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon could put almost 44,000 jobs at stake right here in Pennsylvania. we are not going to let that happen. You know why? Because No. 1, national defense is the first priority of the federal government.
- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
Providing financial incentives for both local communities and national governments to conserve and restore forests also makes sense. It will put an economic value on these precious natural resources and drive the right behaviours from both government and business.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing.
- Big Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Paul Ryan says he's for smaller government, and he's funded every big government idea that there is.
- Hill
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not only has Paul Ryan not died on any hill for a position he believes in to make government smaller, he hasn't even skinned his knee.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never dealt with the Russian government, I've never had a relationship with the Russian government.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020