Jeb Bush Quotes

Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amok by hamstringing it.

The duty of an Opposition is to oppose.

No government can long be secure without a formidable Opposition.

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.

I don't think politics has gotten too negative. I ... believe in going after the opposition on the issues.

I prefer the Greens to remain an opposition party that's able to hold the government to account.

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.

Today, the most important political instrument in the hands of the opposition is the presidential veto.

My general approach to opposition is where the government is getting something right, we should say so. And where we disagree with them, we should say so, too.

Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.

As a member of Congress, I believe Congress must provide oversight of actions by the Executive Branch as our system of checks and balances requires.

First of all, I can't forget my first responsibility - which is to be the Leader of the Opposition and that's to provide an alternative government.

Thank God for some Republican control of one branch of the government.

The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government.

Parliament of the country is the repository of the sovereign will of the people, and its successful functioning is a joint responsibility of both the government and the Opposition.

Now that we have a Republican Congress, their [Republican members of Congress] job is to hold up the hands of executive departments, but they have not learned that yet. Their automatic thinking is to tear them down.

Impeachment was not so much designed to punish an offender as to secure the state….

We truly have a balance of power. The Republicans control Washington and the Democrats control Hollywood.

As the loyal opposition we can be loyal and still generate a lot of opposition.

Governments propose, and oppositions dispose.

Our system of checks and balances .... The people keep the politicians from stealing too much, and the politicians keep the people from getting too crazy.

Opposition will act as an outward conscience and prevent the abuse of power.

Governments are like underwear. They start smelling pretty bad if you don't change them once in a while.

The House Republicans are not the enemy, they’re the opposition. The Senate is the enemy.

A system that is built on checks and balances does not do well in an ideological climate.