- 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
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm saying the federal government is taking away the freedom of Americans to make choices.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too many Mainers are dependent on government handouts. Government dependency has not - and never will - create prosperity.
- Explains
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- Nov 07, 2020
The freedom enjoyed in Western society under the rule of law and constitutional government explains both the quality of its civilization and its wealth.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were poor, but we didn't know it. There were no government bureaus in those days presuming to determine where poorness begins and ends, but I don't remember ever being hungry.
- Flower
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government has to be cut back like asparagus... every day... or it gets away and goes to seed. Ours did. When there's too much of it, the flower becomes a weed.
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans in all places and levels of government have begun to consider the areas where we need to prepare ourselves from future threats, including the latest weapon: bio-terror.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is, almost every year since the founding of these United States, our government has lived beyond its means.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
American citizens and communities should be free to choose where they would like to live and not be subject to federal neighborhood engineering at the behest of an overreaching federal government.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When more land is locked up by the federal government, real people suffer, and opportunities for future prosperity are reduced.
- Certain Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are things that should be allocated to states' rights - that's Gryffindor - and certain things allocated to the federal government, which is Slytherin.
- Scary
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- Nov 07, 2020
A government that can take all and can seize all, a government that doesn't trust its citizens, a government that says it's their way or the highway... that's the scary part.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020