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American Government Quotes

What government should and shouldn't control.

One line ties the American government directly to economic competition, calling for firm action against unfair foreign trade. Another wades into tech policy, weighing encryption against government access.

I believe I am more conservative than Bob Dole; I believe I am more committed to fundamentally changing American government than Bob Dole.

Quotes by Phil Gramm

The time has come for the American government to recognize the damage that has occurred to our economy, and to take firm action to curtail what I believe is both unfair and illegal foreign competition.

Quotes by Norm Dicks

Apple and Google want to create encryption for which they could not provide you the key. Their business model will not survive if the American government has a special relationship with them that requires them to surrender this kind of...

Quotes by Michael Hayden

If President Obama were to enroll in an American government class, the professor would mark him absent on most days. In the first 100 days of his second term, the president has failed to show up to class, take notes...

Quotes by Mercedes Schlapp

Alcohol Quotes

The American government will be whatever we all make of it.

Quotes by Megan Smith

The Nisour Square shooting is a signature point in the Iraq war, one that inflamed anti-American sentiment abroad and contributed to the impression that Americans were reckless and unaccountable. The Iraqi government wanted to prosecute the security contractors in Iraq,...

Quotes by Matt Apuzzo

In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass...

Quotes by Jeff Goodell

The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least the other what he has done by this time.

Quotes by Jacques Verges

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.

Quotes by Ginger Baker

Always Quotes

I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying.

Quotes by George Michael

The director of the FBI has been visiting Silicon Valley companies asking them to build back doors so that it can spy on what is being said online. The Department of Commerce is going after piracy. At home, the American...

Quotes by Evgeny Morozov

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!

Quotes by Eddie Izzard

I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.

Quotes by Cindy Sheehan

There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production -...

Quotes by Bill Bryson

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these American government quotes focus on?
Mostly policy and accountability — trade competition, technology regulation, and how much control government should have over daily life.
Is there a quote about trade policy here?
Yes — one calls for the American government to take firm action against what it calls unfair and illegal foreign competition harming the domestic economy.
Do any of these quotes address technology and privacy?
One does, weighing whether companies like Apple and Google should be required to give the American government special access to encrypted data.
Is there a quote that frames government as a shared responsibility?
Yes — one puts it simply: whatever shape government takes is entirely a product of what its citizens collectively decide to make of it, a sentiment that resurfaces Always around civic duty.
What's the overall thread across these quotes?
A recurring question of control and accountability — how much power America's government should hold over trade, technology, and everyday life.

The most striking line is also the simplest: government reflects what its people collectively choose to build — a reminder that America's government is a shared project.