#government

A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others. ↗

— Larry Ellison

#big #chunk #corporation #give #goal

The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion. ↗

— John Paul Stevens

#course #government #must #neutrality #pursue

I expect my next job to be outside government. ↗

— John Engler

#government #i #job #next #outside

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks.' ↗

— Brian Eno

#action #agenda #course #devious #discussion

The United States has some people in Europe with whom we disagree on this matter and a large number of people in Europe, including governments in Europe, with whom we agree. ↗

— Douglas Feith

#disagree #europe #governments #including #large

Our policy for the last many years has been to deter the Chinese government in Beijing from ever coming into the position where they thought they had enough leverage over the U.S. to cross the Straits of Taiwan. ↗

— Bob Filner

#beijing #chinese #chinese government #coming #cross

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#campaigns #congressional #dollars #government #may

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#folly #free #governments #managed #people

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#duty #government #keep #out #peace

You cannot solve the economy in this country by creating government jobs. ↗