#govern

Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the party of runaway spending and corruption. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#big government #billions #conservatives #corruption #fiscal

This year, we are going to take our government out of the hands of corporate special interests and put it back into the hands of Ohio families - where it belongs. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#belongs #corporate #families #going #government

The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#democratic republic #does #for the people #german #government

Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do. Governments are always trying to extend their responsibilities and their estates, and it is very hard for parliaments to reign them in. ↗

— James Buchan

#always #charge #democracies #estates #extend

ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#after #almost #centuries #christ #countries

The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#government #guided #second #should #sober

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#government #nothing #oppressive #out #turns

It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done. ↗

— LeVar Burton

#appropriate #done #expect #get #government

In fact, it is often times a detriment for the Government to preemptively legislate on an issue before we can either define it or grasp its impact. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#define #detriment #either #fact #government

If all of us would require the same level of performance from ourselves as we expect from government, this city will forever be the city that works. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#expect #forever #government #level #ourselves