My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for. Aung San Suu Kyi
Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press. Hugo Black
The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act. Andrew Cuomo
The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development. Andrew Cuomo
I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me. Andrew Cuomo
I don't know people who don't say, boy the government is working better now. Andrew Cuomo
I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing. Andrew Cuomo
If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them. Loni Anderson
Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it. Steve King
It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing. Edward Norton
I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government. Edward Norton
So you can say, 'Get Big Government out of here, and don't tell me what to eat,' but when kids are going to school, and they're being fed junk, we're pretty much telling them what to eat, and we're telling them junk is OK. Tom Colicchio
And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader. Rafik Hariri
We're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I don't think the government should ever regulate what we eat at home, but we're feeding them in school with tax dollars. Quite frankly, if my tax dollars are being spent to feed kids, I'd rather feed them better food. Tom Colicchio
The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate. Elihu Root
My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America I just don't like some of the things the government is doing. Eartha Kitt
If it is wrong for you to take money from someone else who earned it, to take their money by force for your own needs, then it is certainly just as wrong for you to demand that the government step forward and do this dirty work for you. Neal Boortz
We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny. Barbara Jordan
What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance. Barbara Jordan
Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it. Nancy Pelosi