Will Rogers Quotes

Congress never loses its capacity to disappoint you.

The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.

On form of government, there should be checks and balances, and PM should be responsible to Parliament.

After so many cases of terror attacks related to Islamic militancy remaining unresolved in the last few years, the government has no moral authority to stay in power.

I think Ed Koch is the person most responsible for allowing AIDS to get out of control. It happened here first, on his watch. If he had done what any moral human being should have done in the beginning, and put out alarms, then a lot fewer people would have gotten sick.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the government did something, compared to what actually happened when the government did nothing.

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.

Legislating is perceived as governing and governing is perceived as legislating. Legislation—conceiving it, proposing it, fighting over it, winning or losing, making the proper proclamation when passed or signed—not only is the main ‘action’ seen in Washington but is the key political currency in dealing with the voting public.... The President must necessarily consider legislative initiatives and actions as central to his own interest and his own leadership efforts.

A Senate seat is a terrible thing to waste.

Parliament is a potent engine, and its enactments must always do something, but they very seldom do what the originators of these enactments meant.

No-one is forced to stand for Parliament; no-one is compelled to become a minister. If you take on those roles, which are great privileges, you also take on big responsibilities.

We need more leadership at every level: federal, state, and local.

Let's get this straight now: a Senate impeachment trial is not a court of law. It's a court of politics.

The question nowadays is not what makes government work. The question is how do we make it stop.

The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

Stephen Harper is probably the most dangerous human being ever elevated to power in Canada.

More and more Congressmen now stay in Washington all year-round because they can't stay at home under the laws they've passed.

The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.

A U.S. Senator should have the same right as a member of the Knesset...to disagree with any government when its actions may not be in the United States' interest.

We're trying to convey how much easier it is than most people think, especially young people, to turn the country around if they focus on the levers, if they focus on Congress, and state legislatures.

People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any.

Term limits would make Congress bolder, more independent, and less risk-averse.

I salute the 51 congressmen who voted (for the impeachment complaints.) It's not over yet. There will always be hope.

True counselors of despair are those who hope against hope—and historical experience—that the government can and will act constructively.