Government : (58)

" 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

" The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush. " - John Spratt

" While the budget resolution is a nonbinding blueprint, it is, nevertheless, an important guideline for Congress. Once the President’s proposed budget is received by Congress on the first Monday of February, Congress generally goes to work on appropriating the funds required. " - Marsha Blackburn

" During the Reagan years, government shut down eight different times under a Democrat Congress. The president and Congress worked together and got things straightened out. Under the Carter years, again a Democrat Congress, the government shut down five times. " - Mitt Romney

" We should reduce total government spending as a percentage of the economy. " - Grover Norquist