“Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes.” Has BeensCountryStatesGovernmentJobsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomyGrowingHigherTaxesApproachEuropeDebtFocusedSpendingPresident ObamaRegulationRemakes Author:Rob Portman
“When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government. They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.” PeopleGovernmentTalkingGrowing UpGrowingPrivacyBedroomUnreasonableSeizuresUnreasonable SearchesUnreasonable Search And Seizures Author:Al Franken
“You don't grow the economy by growing government.” GovernmentGrowsEconomyGrowing Author:Robert Metcalfe
“And were in the middle of a perfect storm. These days, government social services are being bad-mouthed and defunded. The non-profit world is looking more and more like the for-profit world. The growing gap between rich and poor makes most of us very anxious about where we stand.” WorldGovernmentSocialPerfectPoorRichGrowingMiddleProfitStormThese DaysGapsAnxiousRich And PoorSocial ServiceNon ProfitBeing BadPerfect Storm Author:Arlie Russell Hochschild
“In the last few decades entire new categories of waste have come to plague and menace the American scene. Pollution is growing at a rapid rate. Pollution destroys beauty and menaces health. It cuts down on efficiency, reduces property values and raises taxes. Almost all these wastes and pollutions are the result of activities carried on for the benefit of man. A prime national goal must be an environment that is pleasing to the senses and healthy to live in. Our Government is already doing much in this field. We have made significant progress. But more must be done.” MenMadeDoneGovernmentLastsValuesGoalResultsBeautyEnvironmentCuttingGrowingProgressFieldsHealthySceneActivityTaxesWasteBenefitsRaisesPropertyRateDecadesSensesSignificantPrimeCategoriesPollutionEfficiencyPlagueRapidsMenacePollution Control Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“A woman growing up under American ideas of liberty in government and religion, having never blushed behind a Turkish mask, nor pressed her feet in Chinese shoes, cannot brook any disabilities based on sex alone, without a deep feeling of antagonism with the power that creates it.” IdeasFeelingsGovernmentSexBehindsLibertyGrowing UpGrowingFeetShoesChineseMaskDisabilityBrooksTurkishAntagonismDeep Feeling Author:Susan B. Anthony
“Neither an enlightened philosophy, nor all the political wisdom of Rome, nor even the faith and virtue of the Christians availed against the incorrigible tradition of antiquity. Something was wanted, beyond all the gifts of reflection and experience - a faculty of self government and self control, developed like its language in the fibre of a nation, and growing with its growth.” SelfPhilosophyGovernmentWantedChristianPoliticalLanguageNationsGrowthVirtueGrowingReflectionTraditionEnlightenedFacultyRomeSelf ControlAntiquitySelf-governmentIncorrigiblePolitical Wisdom Author:Lord Acton
“We are shrinking the size of the federal government as a percent of our economy from over 21 percent of the economy to 19 percent of the economy. At the same time, we're growing the private economy.” GovernmentEconomyGrowingPercentSizeFederal GovernmentShrinking Author:Franklin Raines
“The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in Government than in politics. The growing independence of voters, after all, has been proven by the votes in every Presidential election since my childhood and the tendency, frankly, is on the increase.” Has BeensGovernmentPoliticalLyingRealizingLeaderWiseGrowingChildhoodVoteIncreaseElectionIndependenceTendenciesPresidentialVotersProvenPolitical LeadersPresidential Election Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Every government is always growing corrupt.” GovernmentGrowing Book:Speeches, Lectures, and Letters Source: Speeches, Lectures, and Letters