Quotes about Government

I would suggest that faith is everyone's business. The advance or decline of faith is so intimately connected to the welfare of a society that it should be of particular interest to a politician.

We must end welfare programs that devalue men and spoil women.

No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.

The Bible is pregnant with politics. You cannot read the Bible from Genesis through Revelation and go through too many chapters that are not involving politics.

Barack Obama is the most antibusiness president in a generation, perhaps in American history.

Since 1775, when the first Continental Congress called for a national day of prayer, there have been such events called for by almost every President. I saw the figures - 34 out of 44 Presidents have called for a national day of prayer. Some of those who didn't have died in office.

In some ways, political decency is a sign of a healthy democracy, but in other ways, it is the cause of it.

Government should enforce rule of law. It should enforce contracts, it should protect people bodily from being attacked by criminals. And when the government does those things, it is facilitating liberty. When it goes beyond those things, it becomes destructive to both human happiness and human liberty.

The London assembly's job is to scrutinise the mayor of London.

I think it's essential that we do more than talk about austerity measures and cutting.

Children will come out and listen to a writer whose books they like. They don't need a government agency or a medal that says 'laureate' to continue that.

We can help a whole lot of people if we could figure out a way to expand Medicaid and get people the care that they need.