Power must be used, but it must be tempered by soul-searching and the recognition of our human capacity for error. That is the maxim that should inform our approach to every challenge, from reforming state government to engaging in foreign affairs. Eliot Spitzer on government
Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it means chaos and confusion. Stafford Cripps on government
I love and always have loved policy issues and trying to have an impact on the issues that are out there. I cherish my years in government. I have loved my participation at CNN, at Current writing teaching. Where I will go next, I will have to sort out. Eliot Spitzer on government
My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all. Winfield Scott Hancock on government
Aggression is simply another name for government. Benjamin Tucker on government
For me, journalism has been more a matter of projecting a particular approach to covering policies, to covering issues. It was a continuation of what I tried to do in government. Eliot Spitzer on government
I have long said there are three distinct groups under the GOP's tent: theological warriors, who want to impose their social views on the rest of society Tea Party zealots, who say with a straight face that they want the government to get out of their Medicare and remnants of the pro-business moderates. Eliot Spitzer on government
We are all used to paying a sales tax when we buy things - almost 9 percent here in New York City. The application of this concept to the financial sector could solve our need for revenue, bring some sanity back into the financial sector, and give us a way to raise the revenue we need to run the government in a fiscally responsible way. Eliot Spitzer on government
Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government. Eliot Spitzer on government
The reality of split government puts a premium on creativity within the administration. President Obama needs to put the right people in charge of the agencies and then have them push the bounds of administrative power to change policy through those agencies. President Obama has a pretty good track record of this. Eliot Spitzer on government
You can't have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government. Lawrence Summers on government
As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society's most vulnerable. Jim DeMint on government
A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity. George Grenville on government
I'm not driven to get back into politics. It's not on my top five things to do before I die, but saying that, I may be in politics in the next year or the next ten years. I've been on the front line for 12 years, four in state government, eight on the national level. J. C. Watts on government
I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master. David Rockefeller on government
I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone. John Updike on government
Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness its peculiar magnitude permits no shading. John Updike on government
The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it. Mitch McConnell on government
A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government. Bob Woodward on government
Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk. Jesse Jackson on government