“Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.” PeopleIfsNeedsSometimesGovernmentWould BeParentKicksPantsPerpetual Author:Cal Thomas
“It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can't continue in perpetuity these programs.” SometimesStatesReasonDoneGovernmentClearPolicyProgramBasesLocalsFundGrantsTemporaryFederal GovernmentSalary Author:Jim Talent
“It is no accident that I mention our American friends, as they are always influencing our relations with our neighbors either directly or behind the scenes. Sometimes you don't even know who to talk to - the governments of certain countries or directly to their American patrons.” KnowsCountrySometimesGovernmentCertainBehindsInfluenceSceneRelationAccidentsNeighborBehind The ScenesPatron Author:Vladimir Putin
“Every single American can exclaim, 'Nothing justifies what they did in New York and Washington,' not even the bombs that our government has dropped on them for ten years or the embargo that has caused the deaths of so many children. That's of course true...The issue is simply an acceptance of reality and a fundamental fact of life: When governments do bad things to people, people sometimes retaliate.” PeopleYearsChildrenSometimesFactsRealityGovernmentCoursesIssuesNew YorkAcceptanceTenFundamentalsBombsJustifyBad ThingsFacts Of LifeEmbargo Author:Jacob G. Hornberger
“It's hard not to get down on the government when you see dysfunction play out on our TVs every day. Frankly, sometimes at every level of government.” SometimesHardPlayGovernmentLevelsTvsDysfunction Author:Chuck Todd
“Leaks are good. There is too much secrecy in our government. Sometimes the government knows about a problem and it takes a leak to embarrass the bureaucracy and get them to do something about it.” KnowsSometimesProblemGovernmentToo MuchBureaucracySecrecyLeaks Author:Joan Claybrook
“In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to combine geographical situation, and sometimes other considerations, with abilities and fitness of known characters.” Has BeensSometimesCharacterGovernmentAbilitySituationKnownOfficeAimConsiderationAppointmentsGreat Office Book:Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious Source: Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious
“We often seem to be swimming through such a miasma of sexual violence - in advertising, television programming, heavy metal, rap, films, and worst of all, in the home - that even First Amendment absolutists sometimes daydream about how nice it would be to have government-as-nanny just outlaw all this effluent.” FirstsSometimesHomeSeemsGovernmentWould BeFilmNiceViolenceWorstTelevisionHeavyRapAdvertisingProgrammingSwimmingMetalsAmendmentsPornographyFirst AmendmentDaydreamingOutlawHeavy MetalNannies Author:Molly Ivins
“Private property is held sacred in all good governments, and particularly in our own. Yet shall the fear of invading it prevent a general from marching his army over a cornfield or burning a house which protects the enemy? A thousand other instances might be cited to show that laws must sometimes be silent when necessity speaks.” SometimesShowsGovernmentMightLawHouseSpeakEnemyThousandProtectArmySacredPropertySilentInstanceBurningPrivate PropertyInvading Author:Andrew Jackson
“The separation of church and state can sometimes be frustrating for women and men of deep religious faith. They may be tempted to misuse government in order to impose a value which they cannot persuade others to accept. But once we succumb to that temptation, we step onto a slippery slope where everyone's freedom is at risk.” MenMaySometimesStatesGovernmentValuesOrderChurchReligiousAcceptingStepsRiskMen And WomenSeparationTemptationTemptedFrustratingReligious FaithChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateSlipperyMisuseSlopesSlippery Slope Author:Edward Kennedy
“People sometimes ask me, because of the blacklisting, "Do you hate the government? Don't you hate white people?" No, it's greed that's the problem.” PeopleSometimesProblemGovernmentHateAsksWhiteGreedAsk Me Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“Sometimes I feel frustration at the bureaucracy for not moving fast enough to deliver in the way that I would prefer. But that is probably because I have worked for many years in the civil society, which tends to move much faster than government.” WayFeelsYearsSometimesEnoughGovernmentMovingFasterFrustrationBureaucracyCivil SocietyMoving To Fast Author:Wangari Maathai