Government

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a 'peace conference', you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.

The batteries are gradually becoming charged, and if the prudence of the government does not provide an outlet for the currents that are accumulating, some day the spark will be generated.

The government, both state and federal, has a duty to be reasonable and accommodating.

Louisiana's spicy, colorful politics have saddled our state with a reputation for tolerating lax ethical standards in government.

I try to speak plainly so that my constituents who don't follow the nuances of government like I do, because they're too busy earning a real living, can understand the issues before me. None of this stuff is brain surgery.

I like policy. It's why I decided to enter government. The other thing I like about government - you have good days, you have bad days, but you never have a boring day, and that's important to me.

If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.

For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.

We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.

Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk.

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.

My commitment to the American people is that I will remain focused on bringing true oversight and reform to our federal government and I will use every legislative maneuver in our toolbox, just as I did in Texas.

I want people to be inspired by politicians because they have a heart for the people, because they absolutely want to be a part of what that representative government looks like.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.