Of all Americans who have appeared on the nation’s postage stamps, Ayn Rand is probably the only one to have thought that the United States government has no business delivering mail. – Thomas Mallon
Rather than improving the wealth of their own nation, the Mexican government encourages its poor to come to the U.S. and send money home. – Timothy Murphy
What do you think, what people want from their governments? Simple. A better life for themselves and for their children. Government that is fair, just and responsible. – Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
After the Manchu government had carried on wars with foreign nations and had been defeated, China was forced to sign many unequal treaties. Foreign nations are still using these treaties to bind China, and as a result, China fails at whatever she attempts. – Sun Yat-sen
And we know that once we have a majority that are dependent upon the government, we will lose our freedom; it says we go into bondage. That’s the next stage. – Sharron Angle
I’m sure that the standard of public morality we’ve helped build will force government in Canada to approve complete health insurance. – Tommy Douglas
After so many cases of terror attacks related to Islamic militancy remaining unresolved in the last few years, the government has no moral authority to stay in power. – Sheikh Hasina
It’s not up to me to list, like a grocer, my achievements in the government and the Knesset. – Yossi Sarid
I know how businesses work and what government can do to help lay a strong foundation for the private sector. – Suzan DelBene
The government shouldn’t be involved in this because it’s very simple. If you don’t believe in same-sex marriage, then don’t marry somebody of the same sex. – Wanda Sykes
Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups, and a general shrinking of the democratic space. – Samantha Power
I know why we can’t have a frank discussion with our policymakers – if you’re in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong. – Steven Soderbergh
History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior. – Vladimir Putin
China’s idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks. – Virginia Foxx
If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government? – Victoria Woodhull
If the condition of Government stands still, it just makes no sense and must die, so, therefore, the improvement within that democracy must be the greater and greater equalization of rights and opportunities to the people as those people grow up. – Sidney Buchman
It’s the government’s job to encourage entrepreneurialism and investment. Most importantly, it’s the government’s duty to inspire confidence. – Simon Cowell
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. – Thomas Paine
When has there ever been a government in German history that came to the people and revealed its detailed plans for the coming years? That could not happen before, since German governments planned war and conquest. – Walter Ulbricht
While approximately one in every 400 children and adolescents have Type I diabetes; recent Government reports indicate that one in every three children born in 2000 will suffer from obesity, which as noted is a predominant Type II precursor. – Tim Holden
Instead of cutting waste, the Obama Administration is hurting workers. President Obama should stop protecting wasteful government spending. – Timothy Griffin
Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses. That is, they believe that for years and years and years, the people with wealth and power or government power have done well and ordinary people have not. That’s true. – William J. Clinton
The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we’ll probably spend years learning about. – Timothy Noah
It is an essential tenet of our whole representative form of government, the idea that there should not be some tyranny which makes it so nobody can even have a chance to vote. – Todd Akin
The federal government has invested billions in Metro, yet the system is not safe and is not reliable. – Sam Graves
As an Indian, and now as a politician and a government minister, I’ve become rather concerned about the hype we’re hearing about our own country, all this talk about India becoming a world leader, even the next superpower. – Shashi Tharoor
I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority. – Vikram Patel