My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost.

Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.

The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.

Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man.

I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime.

In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films.

I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.

The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives.

It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies.