All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.

The universities have got a job here as well in making sure that people actually understand that we're open for university students coming into the U.K. There's a job here not just for the government I think there's a job for the universities as well to make sure that people know that we are open.

You can study government and politics in school but the best way to really understand the process is to volunteer your time.

I stand before you today because this vision of government as the engine of opportunity is what I believe in.

When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind they're more susceptible to go to war.

The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at least delay the Canada-China FIPA until it has been examined more thoroughly and to reconsider the inclusion of investor-state arbitration mechanisms in all trade deals.

Health care is one-sixth of our economy. If the government can control that they can control just about everything. We need to understand what is going on because there are much more economic models that can be used to give us good health care than what we have now.

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no idea that they can make things happen.

The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community.

Also when you escape a Communist regime you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand liberty must contract.

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.

'Hello my name is the Republican Party and I got a problem. I'm addicted to spending and big government.' I'd like one of them just to stand up and say that.

I pinch myself because of the understanding that I've been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get - to serve their government and their people at this level.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.

A President needs political understanding to run the government but he may be elected without it.

While all other sciences have advanced that of government is at a standstill - little better understood little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.