Government Quotes

For the world is only governed by self-interest.

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

I’m not really conservative. I’m conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don’t any more.

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

There are severe limits to the good that the government can do for the economy, but there are almost no limits to the harm it can do.

I think people recognize that I’m not a partisan Republican that I’m someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.

Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.

Patrick Henry wanted the Constitution to have a Bill of Rights attached to it — a list of powers that the government could never use against the people of the United States.

We have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community to be governed.