Government

Making recess appointments when the Senate isnt in recess is neither rational nor moderate. Its a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate. – John Podhoretz

The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and cant be allowed to happen. – John Podhoretz

We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clintons, or Abraham Lincolns? – Thomas Frank

I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. Its a cruel and evil government. – Doris Lessing

Ive always been about less government. – Kelly Clarkson

I think the countrys getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government. – George McGovern

The public is upset. If they havent lost their job, they know somebody that has. If they havent lost their house, they know somebody that has. What do you do? When somethings wrong, its governments job to fix it, it must be government thats responsible for causing it. – Michael Bloomberg

Government shouldnt tell you whom to marry. – Michael Bloomberg

We just put General Motors in the hands of people who cant even run our own government. – Glenn Beck

In government you carry each hope each disillusion. And in politics its always about the next challenge. – Tony Blair

Well, you know, I – again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this governments priorities. The federal governments top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account. – Carly Fiorina

But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think its quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governors seat who actually knows where jobs come from. – Carly Fiorina

The truth is in California you cant build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy. – Carly Fiorina

Its the federal governments job to secure the border. – Carly Fiorina

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I dont think it is the governments rule. – Arlen Specter

But I think its up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldnt be up to the government. – Tony Campolo

Clintons successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives. – Tony Campolo

Well, again, a gun sale database is just trying to get the Department of Justice to keep track of the guns that theyre purchasing and supplying to drug dealers and murderers. I mean, wow. Come on, lets get the government under control before we start restricting the rights of – innocent citizens. – John Mica

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you werent supposed to make money! – Joe Biden

The corporations dont have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government. – Jim Hightower