If we are to violate the Constitution, will the people submit to our unauthorized acts? Sir, they ought not to submit; they would deserve the chains that these measures are forging for them. The country...

The government wants to be aware of all your movements—probably including your bowel movements. Ain’t that some shit?

Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The national security state assumes the government secrets are too important to be shared,...

The United States stands with the people and government of Indonesia as they work to bring to justice those responsible for these acts of terrorism, … We will continue to work together in our common...

Can America get back to a point where politicians are honest? Not unless that point is the tip of a sword.

When I was ten years old, one of my friends brought a Shaleenian kangaroo-cat to school one day. I remember the way it hopped around with quick, nervous leaps, peering at everything with its large,...

selected by Iraq’s Transitional National Assembly to lead the nation’s democratically elected government in over 50 years.

…la televisión condiciona fuertemente el proceso electoral, ya sea en la elección de los candidatos, bien en su modo de plantear la batalla electoral, o en la forma de ayudar a vencer al vencedor. Además,...

Taxes have gone up, spending has gone up, waste of government money has vastly increased, and I think people will say he frittered away a very strong economic inheritance.

I hope you don’t mind, but I took the liberty of taking away your freedoms. –Uncle Sam

gridlock the government and defy the people.

I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe. Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government,...

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more. Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common...

I was born unworthy. – X-10

[David] Maraniss sees [Barack] Obama as a man with “a moviegoer’s or writer’s sensibility, where he is both participating and observing himself participating, and views much of the political process as ridiculous or surreal, even...

Help yourselves, and be good and peaceful toward one another. The fold is open, there is plenty of food. You need have no fear of dogs and clubs.” The sheep would doubtless keep the peace...

Remove God from the world of ideas. Remove government, politics from society. Keep sex, humor, utilities. Let private property go.

It is not enough for the Nigerian government to initiate an investigation. We need an international commission of inquiry that will report directly to the UN Secretary-General and make its findings public.

We will always be interested in a fair and reasonable settlement, but the government is just posturing with this. The government is saying that as long as we agree to whatever extreme proposals the court...

Folks can’t seem to realize that it isn’t a smooth talker we need in there but a steady man, a man with judgement. Any medicine-show man can spout words, if they are written for him....

We got the clearance yesterday (Wednesday) from the government for these matches.

Senior development specialists in the Treasury can be counted on one hand. America’s government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions that...

We do need a system, and we do need you and your ‘Bertos, and sometimes we need Sam to just come along and kick some ass. – Quinn

What these open government laws do is break down that wall of government secrecy so that everybody knows what’s going on. A democracy can only function if we have information. You can only have oversight...

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.

He can point fingers as much as he wants. It’s not up to the federal government to cover the shortfall.

Optimism abounds on the market. Retail investors expect an influx of funds from institutions and the government to lure overseas-listed blue chips back to mainland markets.

This gentleman evidently belonged to the category of those people who wish the Government to interfere in everything, even in their daily quarrels with their wives.

The request of the British government has been accepted.

The selected icon is meant to create a basis for a recognition system that can be used by the government to promote Taiwan to the world.

They can do it again. It?s time to take back our government.

What is so often said about the solders of the 20th century is that they fought to make us free. Which is a wonderful sentiment and one witch should evoke tremendous gratitude if in fact...

The groups that are doing this without the knowledge and against the will of the Pakistani government — but they don’t have the control.

This is a government of the minority because one cannot chase you after you have wrestled him down.

The nuclear deal is not a great harm to rock the government. If the government does not address four apprehensions raised by CPM, then we will have to think over it.

The opening of the website marks a major step forward in building a transparent government that serves the people.

I believe Government should encourage competition, NOT prop up the weak when the going gets tough.

I believe, therefore, that although it is not the case today, that there may some day come a time, I should hope, when it will fully appreciated that the power of governments should be limited;...

Our government in Mexico needs to know we are here.

Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process.

We are expecting nothing better from the government and its allies in the second round in terms of rigging, in terms of high-handedness and in terms of the involvement of government machinery in the election...

Historical perspectives or outlooks represented in textbooks should not be identified as those of the Japanese government.

It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice

A little rebellion now and then… is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

The people of Serbia are in prison. We are in prison, because the governments of Serbia and Yugoslavia are not there by the will of the people,

Government in our democracy, state and national, must be neutral in matters of religious theory, doctrine, and practice. It may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion; and it may...

Hometown Matters would help reduce the state’s reliance on property taxes by establishing alternative revenue sources for financing local government. It would also create more efficient local government. Property-tax relief is good, but it is...

Our goal is to get our school to stop investing money in a corrupt government that is participating in genocide.

There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things...

If I can make things a little hotter for the government, if the Tories can push harder on the government and if there is more of a debate on this then good.