Americans are good people, and at times we can be wise. But we're often under-informed by media, misinformed by our government and ill-served by both.
As governor, I work in hand in hand with tribal leaders on everything from disaster response to economic development. Tribal governments are important partners to our state government, and I value the good relationships my administration has cultivated with them.
Good schools, good jobs, good government. These are not unreasonable demands. But sadly, some of our people have already lost heart and have left Hawaii to look for these things elsewhere.
Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.
The bottom line is there are lots of problems that were not created by government. The biggest one is loss of middle class incomes, loss of good-paying jobs which was created by technology and globalization. Above all, when you can move a job to China or India, it reduces wages.
Each year Citizens Against Government Waste releases the 'Congressional Pig Book.' Outrage over spending for shrimp on treadmills, combating Goth culture studies, bridges to nowhere, etc. ensues for about a week, and then the waste continues.
To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.
The government should do its job. The government's job is, in fact, to run the country, to manage the country, to govern the country. And governance is an important thing, not application where it suits one so, to micro control where it suits them on the other hand.
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.
What is the U.S. government looking for? And the elite governing this country? They're looking for oil.
I think that Minnesota is different because we are proving that tri-partisan government could work, that you do not need to necessarily be a Democrat or a Republican to be successful at governing.
That government is best which governs least.
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies - an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus. All of this new government spending was sold as 'investment.'
Well, you could take several stories off the buildings of most U.S. government agencies and we'd all probably be better for it too.
Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding what terrorists might be planning and to prevent their attacks.
For the longest time, computers have been associated with work. Mainframes were for the Army, government agencies, and then large companies. Workstations were for engineers and software programmers. PCs were initially for other white-collar jobs.
In the Internet age, it is inevitable that corporations and government agencies will have access to detailed information about people's lives.
