Government Quotes - Page 61

You can have a strong government and a weak people, or strong people and weak government, but you cannot have both.

The beginning of every government starts with the education of our youth.

Government exists only for the good of the governed.

Democracy passes into despotism.

Identity means "how do I get known? How do I expressmyself?" and that's generally what I'm helping somebody do. It may be three dimensional, it may be a public space, it may involve government,it may involve cultural institutions, it may involve corporations, it may involve editorial publications - it can be anything, really.

The last few months have seen a welcome race to the top. Consumers have sent companies a clear signal that they do not want their purchasing habits to drive deforestation and companies are responding. Better still, companies are committing to working in partnership with suppliers, governments and NGOs to strengthen forest governance and economic incentives. It can be done and this Declaration signals a real intention to accelerate action.

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.

I dream of a Digital India where technology ensures the Citizen-Government interface is incorruptible.

I believe that nothing has been more wholesome for America, for our government, for our politics, than the increased participation of women.

The proper role of government is exactly what John Stuart Mill said in the middle of the 19th century in "On Liberty." The proper role of government is to prevent other people from harming an individual. Government, he said, never has any right to interfere with an individual for that individual's own good.

I know. It's shocking to think that the government would try to stick its nose in our ladyparts.

Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.

Everything we do as a government is focused on getting help and support for hard-working Australian families. We are standing up for them.

Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthless by applying ink.

Most arts have produced miracles, while the art of government has produced nothing but monsters.

Why would we have different races if God meant us to be alike and associate with each other?

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The chances of your being harmed by terrorists are mathematically minute. The chance of your being robbed by your own government? That's easy: 100 per cent.

The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.

The federal government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it . . . is now universally admitted.

The spread of democracy, the new foundation of the rule of law, and the creation of fledgling representative governments that honor and respect human rights-together these actions spell out the increasing marginalization of the terrorists, as they have fewer and fewer places to run and hide.

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Sorry, but we live in a democracy and the Government has to be responsive to Parliament.