#government

It is our job to work for the government of the day and so that means working for Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, and we need to do those preparations just to be sure that we're ready for whoever you, the British public, elect and that's core to our civil service values over the last 150 years. ↗

— Gus O'Donnell

#brown #civil #civil service #core #day

Once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah. ↗

— Michael O'Donoghue

#end #government #hands #once #put

Governments of all stripes want to deliver growth and rebalance their economies now that they have learned the hard way that, left to their own devices, markets pick expensive banking losers. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#deliver #devices #economies #expensive #governments

The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#any #clause #community #establishment #government

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#criticize #government #happen #how #idea

The oil companies are regulated by the federal government. They can't drill on land nor in American waters without permission from the feds. Many Republicans want to drill baby drill but what's the point if all the oil goes to China? Increased production obviously doesn't mean lower prices for us. ↗

— Bill O'Reilly

#baby #china #companies #drill #federal

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#car #car keys #giving #keys #like

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#crabgrass #democrats #elected #get #government

Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#about #any #bright #catastrophe #feeling

Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#does #else #foreign #foreign policy #government