“We have to think in a very different sense than the way we think now. We think in terms of quick fixes, that solutions will come out of a few protest demonstrations, and calling upon the government to do something. And we can keep trying to do that, and it won't work.” ThinkingWayTryingDifferentGovernmentTermCallingSolutionsProtestDemonstrationKeep TryingQuick Fixes Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to grave assurance that government will always be the solution. If this election is a bidding war for who can promise the most goodies and the most benefits, I'm not your president. You have that president today.” IfsWarGovernmentTodayPresidentPathClearPromiseBenefitsSolutionsLet MeElectionLaysGravesChecksAssuranceCradleBidding Author:Mitt Romney
“Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.” PeopleGovernmentActionLyingAttitudeDependsSolutionsUltimateOur Future Author:Joe Biden
“Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our leaders cannot agree on the numbers, if 'facts' are fictional, how can they possibly have a substantive debate on solutions?” IfsBelieveFactsGovernmentUsedNumbersLeaderRepublicanSolutionsAgreeDemocratDebateAnalysisDeceivingCompetingAccountingGimmicks Author:J. C. Watts
“Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.” ProblemGovernmentFreedomSolutionsBig GovernmentProblems And SolutionsFree GovernmentGovernment SpendingInauguralInaugural AddressGreat PresidentsGovernment BureaucracyGovernment And SocietyAnti ConservativeReaganomics Author:Ronald Reagan
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem. It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so.” KnowsProblemGovernmentSolutionsCrisisIgnorant Author:Ronald Reagan
“I believe that my theory is correct; for whatever be the question upon which I am arguing, whether it be religious, philosophical, political, or economical; whether it affects well-being, morality, equality, right, justice, progress, responsibility, property, labor, exchange, capital, wages, taxes, population, credit, or Government; at whatever point of the scientific horizon I start from, I invariably come to the same thing—the solution of the social problem is in liberty.” BelieveWellsProblemGovernmentPoliticalI BelieveSocialReligiousJusticeResponsibilityLibertyProgressTheoryMoralityTaxesSolutionsLaborPhilosophicalPropertyPopulationCreditArguingWell BeingHorizonWagesSocial Problems Book:The Law Source: The Law
“"I feel certain that Conservatism is through unless Conservatives can demonstrate and communicate the difference between being concerned with [the unemployed, the sick without medical care, human welfare, etc.] and believing that the federal government is the proper agent for their solution.” FeelsBelieveHumansGovernmentCareCertainDifferencesSolutionsConcernedSickCommunicateMedicalAgentsWelfareEtcFederal GovernmentConservatismUnemployedMedical Care Author:Barry Goldwater
“The United States of America is still run by its citizens. The government works for us. Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world. We want and need to work with other nations. We want to find solutions other than killing people. Not in our name, not with our money, not with our children's blood.” PeopleWorldWantNeedsChildrenStillsStatesGovernmentRunningAmericaValuesNamesNationsPeaceUnitedUnited StatesBloodCitizensSolutionsTraditionOur ChildrenKillingUnited States Of AmericaImperialismUbuntuWants And NeedsAmerican TraditionGovernment Work Author:Molly Ivins
“The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.” GovernmentLibertyIssuesEconomicSolutionsCapitalismEconomicsThirdsSocialism Book:Planned Chaos Source: Planned Chaos
“How can you raise the level of consciousness on this? How can you get the federal government to take the responsibility? Florida does not have a foreign policy. This is a federal policy or absence of federal policy. It's so clear that we're not being treated fairly. We have to come up with a solution. It hurts your head trying to figure out what to do.” TryingDoeGovernmentHurtLevelsConsciousnessResponsibilityClearFiguresPolicySolutionsRaisesCome UpAbsenceImmigrationTreatedForeign PolicyFloridaIt HurtsFederal Government Author:Lawton Chiles
“The only feasible solution is a political reconciliation... Mr. President, the time is now to put pressure on the Iraqi government to change. That is our only hope. Sending a contingent of U.S. military personnel, no matter how small, will be counterproductive to that goal. Our presence will send the wrong message to the Malaki government that we will support them despite what they have done and continue to do to destroy the country by alienating the minority populations of Iraq.” CountryMatterDoneGovernmentPoliticalGoalPresidentSupportMilitaryMessagesSolutionsPressureIraqPopulationDespiteMinoritiesReconciliationPersonnelCounterproductiveMilitary Personnel Author:Mike Coffman
“Government is not the solution, but rather the cause of our problems.” ProblemGovernmentCausesLibertySolutionsLibertarianLibertarianism Author:Ronald Reagan
“I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution.” KnowsWayRealEndsGovernmentPovertySolutionsProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemEnding PovertyTop DownCreative SolutionsSolutions To Poverty Author:Kathleen Blanco
“Policies are also to blame: the only thing that the governments and people can come up with to give to the poor people is charity. Poor people get hand outs from the state. But this is not a solution to poverty.” PeopleGivingStatesHandsGovernmentPoorPovertyPolicySolutionsBlameCharityCome UpPoor PeopleSolutions To Poverty Author:Muhammad Yunus
“Through an unwieldy combination of big government, big military, big business, big labor and big cities, we have created an unworkable mega-nation which defies central management and control. Not only is the United States too big, but it has also become too authoritarian and too undemocratic, and its states assume too little responsibility for the solution of their own social, economic, and political problems.” LittlesStatesProblemBigsGovernmentPoliticalNationsSocialUnitedCitiesResponsibilityLibertyUnited StatesEconomicMilitarySolutionsLaborManagementAssumingLibertarianCombinationLibertarianismBig BusinessBig GovernmentBig CitiesMega Author:Thomas Naylor
“Whenever there is some trouble in any area of the economy, the simplest solution to many people is "Let the government fix it." Yet ... every time the government uses its money or its power to favor this group or that ... the net result is such a web of supports, subsidies, interventions and controls that it is almost impossible for a nation to find its way back into a dynamic system of really free enterprise.” PeopleWayUseGovernmentNationsResultsLibertySupportEconomyImpossibleTroubleGroupsSolutionsAreasLibertarianFavorsEnterpriseLibertarianismSimplestInterventionFree EnterpriseSubsidies Author:Lawrence Fertig
“Governments do not have the answers. Indeed quite the reversal. A lot of times they not only do not have the answers, they themselves are the problem. If we are committed to helping our world's children, then we must begin to create solutions from the bottom up.” IfsWorldChildrenHelpingProblemGovernmentAnswersSolutionsBottomCommittedOur WorldProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemReversal Author:Betty Williams