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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.
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- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The government should not be in control of the private sector. You create opportunity, you create business, you create development, you hand it to the investor and start creating something new.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children. This government is yours. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love this job.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government does not create jobs, it only creates the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our morbidly obese federal government needs not just behavior modification but bariatric surgery.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
We say that anytime budgets are balanced and an ample savings account has been set aside, government should just stop collecting taxes. Better to leave that money in the pockets of those who earned it, than to let it burn a hole, as it always does, in the pockets of government.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believe that government works for the benefit of private life, and not the other way around.
- Government Spending
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- Nov 07, 2020
When they call the slightest spending reductions 'painful', we will say 'If government spending prevents pain, why are we suffering so much of it?' And 'If you want to experience real pain, just stay on the track we are on.'
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
The president's grand experiment in trickle-down government has held back rather than sped economic recovery. He seems to sincerely believe we can build a middle class out of government jobs paid for with borrowed dollars.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
We see government's mission as fostering and enabling the important realms - our businesses, service clubs, Little Leagues, churches - to flourish.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
The federal government was responsible for building the levees, engineering the levees, and consequentially, the federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that has been done, which has not been completed yet.
- Nov 07, 2020