#government

The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when I had a long succession of responsibilities in large, complex government departments. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#core #departments #experience #get #government

The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#back #being #department #end #exciting

In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that 'taxation without representation is tyranny,' she is taxed without being represented. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#being #government #land #laws #namely

A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top. ↗

— James Reston

#leaks #only #top #vessel

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.' ↗

— Ann Richards

#did #everyone #government #house #i

Have the government get out of the way. ↗

— Scott Rigell

#government #out #way

Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. ↗

— Bob Riley

#create #does #government #helps #jobs

Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination. That is the ultimate aim. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#bent #domination #going #governments #i

The thought about Republicans is, we're supposed to be Jeffersonian. That government governs the best that governs the least. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#best #government #governs #least #republicans

It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#conducted #government #often #principles #reformers