- 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.
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- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I have also believed in empowering the individual and believe there is a degree of inertia in big government that hampers the ability to respond to a rapidly evolving crisis.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.
- War
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- Nov 07, 2020
The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in the sand? If you don't enforce the constitutional limitations on your government very soon, you are likely to find out what World War III will be like.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we, as individuals, want to keep control of our democracy - rather than have a government paid for by corporate interest checks - then we have to fight back now and make sure our system reflects the belief that people, not corporations, control our democracy.
- Election
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 10 A.M. on the Friday after the election in 2010, David Cameron's team met in his room at the Westminster Bridge Park Plaza Hotel. Cameron was clear that, unable to form a majority government, they had to begin talks with the Lib Dems about forming a coalition. But in a rare example of strategic discord, George Osborne disagreed.
- Push
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- Nov 07, 2020
A majority of all defectors who voted Labour in 2010 but for a different party in 2015 said Ed Miliband had helped push them to another party. For those switching to the Tories, the second biggest reason was the fear that a Labour government would spend and borrow too much.
- Losing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that the Conservatives are losing voters to UKIP while struggling to attract those who voted for other parties in 2010 suggests they have still not successfully shown what a Conservative government is for. This needs to be done on a broad front in a way that encompasses the economy and public services.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
The influence I would hope to have is to create an environment where we're not singling Americans out - that we are creating opportunities for all Americans. Not saying, 'I'm going to funnel money into your city so that you're completely dependent on government.'
- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Democrats have come right out and said it: the power of the central government shall have no limits at all.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The America I know is great - not because government made it great but because ordinary citizens like me, like my father and like you are given the opportunity every day to do extraordinary things.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020