Unified Government Quotes

I don't recall that I have said and I don't think that I really feel that we need a world government. We need governments of the world that work together and collaborate. But, I can't imagine that there would be any likelihood or even that it would be desirable to have a single government elected by the people of the world.

If I could only be President and Congress too, for just 10 minutes.

Partisanship particularly increased after the 1994 elections and then the appearance of the first unified Republican government since the 1950s.

One country, one constitution, one destiny.

The reality is that the Republican Party may have unified government but is not unified enough on many major signature policy areas.

It's counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of the past 10 years. With government unified under a single party, the minority has the least possible incentive to cooperate with the majority.

They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government.

If we are in earnest about giving the Union energy and duration we must abandon the vain project of legislating upon the States in their collective capacities.

For citizens to always be ready to defend and to maintain American ideals of public justice and liberty would add to the self respect of the people. It will teach the people to think of their government as a unified and exalted power for good in the world—humane, unselfish, and aspiring.

It must be a conviction Government. As Prime Minister I could not waste time having internal arguments.

I want to be part of a government that reaches across the whole of the country.

I don't think that split government is a good idea. Conventional wisdom in Washington for years has been that divided government is good because of a check and a balance. What I believe happens all too often, regardless of which party is there's gridlock. And I think the better argument is give one party a chance, give them a chance with a House and a Senate and a president. Give them a few years to see what they can do. And if you don't like it, put another party in.

If you establish a right unity government, you create an effective platform to make... decisions because you have wider support of your own party.

I'd like to see the argument made for greater worldwide federalism, not just the European Union.

Unified party control of the organs of government has proved no panacea.

[Europe needs] the efficiency and … simplicity of a single state.

Now that we have the Senate and the House fully controlled by Republicans, we need to be working together.

With control of the House, the Senate, and the White House, Republicans could have used their unified control of government to... balance the budget!

Donald Trump will lead a unified Republican government. And we will work hand-in- hand on a positive agenda to tackle America's big challenges.

Singapore's not a very big country. They speak with one voice, and they have a clear idea of what their regulatory environment should look like.

I saw Donald Trump give a spirited voice to those of us who don't like the status quo, and I see emerging in front of us the potential for what a unified Republican government can get you, which can be the solutions.

The people of these United States constitute one nation. They have a government in which all of them are deeply interested.