But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
Those outside of autism need to understand this is an epidemic and we need more government funding, insurance coverage and education reform.
If you can't compete fairly, honestly, effectively, no government should intervene. Now, some governments do. They prop up failing industries.
The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.
Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.
The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
If President Obama really means what he has said repeatedly about supporting the aspirations of the Egyptian people, then he will have to recognize that in Egypt today, as in America in 1963, that can mean opposing government policy.
Washington was taken by surprise by the Egyptian revolution because policy experts focused too much on Mubarak and his government, and too little on the 'voice of the people.'
I think we need more young people; we need to elect young people to government. We need to give them a chance, in the media, in politics, in democracy.
A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
I think it's scary that that our elected officials aren't operating under the principles of human rights, under the principles that this government and this country was founded on.
My government is committed to carrying out electoral reforms. It is our firm resolve to keep criminal elements away from power.
Everyone without extraordinary research skills ought to be able to know what is happening inside the government, how it operates, where their tax dollars are going. Then they can make better decisions in the electoral process.
National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
The electric car, it's not the government saying, 'Oh, we must have electric cars.' The market was ready for that. People were ready for that, so, we have electric cars.
I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator.
We eliminated the monarchy. We put limits on how long one person could lead our country and on the powers they held while in office. We took differences of opinion seriously - in fact, we built them into the fabric of our government.
Sadly, the system in this country is rigged in favor of wealthy elites who have purchased tremendous influence in our government.
