Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government, and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it. Eddie Vedder
The government of Israel doesn't like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world. Noam Chomsky
If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets. Gary Hart
Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want - and their kids pay for it. Richard Lamm
As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. Theodore Bikel
We don't walk. We overeat because we've made it easy to overeat. We have fast-food joints on every corner. By the way, the 'we' is all of us. It's not the government. It's all of us doing this together. Mehmet Oz
I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying. George Michael
Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind. William Godwin
The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded. Franklin Pierce
Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops. Jeremy Rifkin
I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services. Imran Khan
We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government. Tim Scott
Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system. Imran Khan
There are good people and bad people in all organizations fundamentally however, when you look at the basis of the Tea Party it has nothing to do with race. It has to do with an economic recovery. It has to do with limiting the role of our government in our lives. It has to do with free markets. Tim Scott
The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession. John Bright
I think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what it does in people's lives, I see the EEOC as having much more legitimacy than the others, if properly run. Clarence Thomas
Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation. Gouverneur Morris
The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers in struggle, but an opportunity to change the government of the day. Arthur Scargill
Americans accept that gangsters are running the government. Tim Robbins
Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government. Wendell Phillips