Government : (42)

" All too often, government’s response to social breakdown has been a classic case of ‘patching’ – a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting – even reinforcing – dysfunctional behaviour. " - Iain Duncan Smith

" The Budget Act of 1974 established a timetable for the annual budget process. Under Title III of the Act, Congress is to complete action on the concurrent resolution on the budget by April 15. " - Marsha Blackburn

" If you’re going to lead a space frontier, it has to be government; it’ll never be private enterprise. Because the space frontier is dangerous, and it’s expensive, and it has unquantified risks. And under those conditions, you cannot establish a capital-market evaluation of that enterprise. You can’t get investors. " - Neil deGrasse Tyson

" The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract. " - Robert A. Heinlein

" We need to keep this Labour government, it has a good chance of another term. " - Clare Short

" At home, we must reject the mistaken notion – a notion that has dominated too much of the public dialogue for too long – that ever bigger Government is the answer to every problem. " - Richard M. Nixon

" Our government is corrupt. " - Wendy Long

" If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government. " - Barry Goldwater

" All government is a mess. Democracy is always messy. It’s meant to be messy because smooth, thoughtful, precise, effective government leads to dictatorship. Don’t get me wrong, dictatorship is fine – as long as I’m the dictator. But if you’re not the dictator, not so good. " - Michael Capuano

" Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more. " - William Henry Harrison