Ryan Zinke Quotes

Congress, rather than administrative agencies should fashion any policy that is not only of great economic importance but also one that has divided the faiths and loyalties of classes of people.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

My primary motivation for running for the 9th Congressional District is that I strongly believe that one of the hallmarks of the American democracy is a representative form of democracy.

Once you are a proper, serious law-maker, you can't break the laws you're writing.

For students, understanding the separate and unique functions of each branch of government can help them understand how different kinds of government officials can help solve different kinds of problems.

Government is like physics, you know - for every action, there's a reaction.

I leave it up to the government to make good decisions for Americans.

The submission of free people to the executive authority of government, is no more than a compliance with laws which they themselves have enacted.

Government is not a bottom line enterprise. You can get yourself elected ... but you can't fire the legislature if they won't do what you want.

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.

Any person would like a line item veto if the chief executive at that time agrees with their particular views.

Being a member of Congress is a hard job but it's an uplifting job.

To govern is to chose.

We believe that all legislative assemblies should confine themselves to constitutional principles; and that all such laws should be implicitly obeyed by every American.

You can’t start a conversation about public policy by saying it is complex.

Let us give our Republic not the best possible laws but the best which they will bear.

I wish twenty-four hours, a good night's sleep and a day spent in the open air could always elapse before any government officials take action on matters of grave importance.

A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit.

Thousands of interests that have known no Federal regulation and control will be welded to the Government hereafter, and can only grow and develop under the hands of Congress and the President.

Somebody is going to be making the laws for this entire country. It could be you. Will it be you?

We have a lot of thoughtful people in the U.S. Senate.

As a legislator, I was elected to make the tough decisions and produce solutions to the problems facing our country.

If you can't legislate, you can't deal with problems.

We're not going to let some unelected bureaucrats in Washington stop us from moving forward with our agenda, but at the end of the day, CBO is not the Holy Grail.

The domestic policy of any president, U.S. or otherwise, is his or her own concern, as long as democratic norms are followed.