Is not that government both unjust and ungrateful, that is so prodigal of it’s favors to those called gentlemen, or goldsmiths, or such others who are idle, or live either by flattery or by contriving...

Living in a democratic society means that I can express my opinion,Having a democratic government means that they don’t have to listen.

In proportion as you give the state power to do things for you, you give it power to do things to you.

The government of Iran is engaged in the systematic oppression of its citizens, including the persecution of individuals for religious, political, and other reasons. Members of the country’s religious minorities — including Sunni Muslims, Sufis,...

Business is boss, politics is servant.

the obligation of the government to protect the public health, safety, morals and general welfare.

Our lives are led, and our decisions made, within a network of needs and wants, some natural, some arising from the acts of others, some aggravated by the acts of the state. We are all...

Measure 37 was not a vote on land use. Measure 37 was a clear message that government needs to treat people fairly. It is too bad that the means offered was Measure 37. At some...

I suppose if you have ten children one of them might go into government, which is the same as losing a child really.

[I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.

Supposedly, the government is in the process of saving us from terrorists. No one has quite figured out who is going to save us from the government. It seems it will have to be us....

Businesses are the most sensitive to changing economic dynamism, followed by households and, lastly, the government. Right now, the household sector is catching up.

U.S. forces must walk a tightrope. They must restrain the violence while letting the Iraqi government forces take the lead, yet on the other hand they don’t want to clash with any of the (legitimate)...

It’s not what you do, but what you appear to do.

I got the impression from the government that they don’t see any basic difficulties in parliament … Parliament is is recess but people continue to work on the law.

We aim at taking over the government, and we will make strenuous efforts in our political and everyday activities.

The four pillars of government . . . (which are religion, justice, counsel, and treasure).

red tape,” and start using Caution tape.

left to the Kuwaiti government itself and its estimation about the situation in Iraq.

I don’t encourage chaos to initiate a revolution. The only reason to revolt is because the people find the government revolting.

When BA starts growing aggressively again, then [the U.K. government] will be more willing to open up Heathrow. Why flood the market with supply now?

Republican theory clearly stated that the people held all political power, and only they could delegate authority to a government. The people were free to change governments at will. They didn’t need permission from incumbents.

If the US really wants to see progress, it must be prepared at the highest level of government to do this kind of work directly with the parties. And so far they had not done...

Broke is a relative term, like sister, cousin, or Uncle Sam.

The U.S. government deplores this violence, and we stand ready to assist the governments of Kenya and Israel in investigating these attacks.

The U.S. is a cosmetic democracy.

What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, a body charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, both civil...

We have changed the transparency of county government. We’re very open in the decisions we make. Sometimes it’s painful to air disputes, but I think it’s very necessary to have an open government.

[Referring to President Bush as] the 21st-century Marie Antoinette, … This is the law-and-order and terror government. But it can’t save our citizens from a biological weapon called standing water.

It’s unfortunate but not surprising that the government has filed a document filled with rhetoric in its attempt to defend a very extreme remedy proposal. Beyond the rhetoric, we do not believe there is any...

Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers....

The secretary-general expresses his deepest condolences to the government of Iraq and to the families of the bereaved.

We have no government and no laws, if by law is meant a stereotyped convention supported by force, and not to be altered without the aid of cumbersome machinery.

While liberals are in favor of any sexual activity engaged in by two consenting adults, when these consenting adults engage in trade or exchange, the liberals step in to harass, cripple, restrict, or prohibit that...

The government is making all efforts to combat bird flu, which is a serious epidemic in China.

If any of the socialist chiefs had tried to earn his living by selling hot dogs, he would have learned something about the sovereignty of the consumers.

Kita itu negara rapat yang isinya membahas agenda yang akan dirapatkan pada rapat berikutnya

Today, I’m going to call the designated prime minister, we are going to see the formation of this government.

The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.

The mechanism that directs government cannot be virtuous, because it is impossible to thwart every crime, to protect oneself from every criminal without being criminal too; that which directs corrupt mankind must be corrupt itself;...

A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

According to the statistics agency of the Chinese government, China invested US$ 7 billion in Sudan in 2005.

Even if the negotiations on a grand coalition are successfully concluded … we expect this government will stay in power for only a short period of time.

Using coercion to drive charity is like using kidnapping to create love.

This revolutionary idea of Western citizenship—replete with ever more rights and responsibilities—would provide superb manpower for growing legions and a legal framework that would guarantee that the men who fought felt that they themselves in...

Republics never survive, for their people do not like freedom but prefer to be led and guided and flattered and seduced into slavery by a benevolent, or not so, benevolent despot. They want to worship...

How is the schoolmaster, the nation, to know which boy needs the whipping?

We’re not seeing civil war ignited in Iraq. We’re seeing a competent, capable Iraqi government using their security forces to calm the storm.

The government isn’t going far enough.

Many health care providers, particularly physicians in rural and urban areas, are leaving the Government programs because of inadequate reimbursement rates.