Government quotes
175 government quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: Seems Like Old Times
“- Dist. Atty. Ira J. Parks: Is this a gag?
- Fred: This is a government agency... you know we don't have a sense of humor.” - From the movie: Nick of Time
“- Gene Watson: I'm an accountant.
- Mr. Huey: Well, don't denigrate yourself, my friend. Where would the government be without accountants, huh? They wouldn't know how hard they could squeeze us until we popped. Isn't that right?” - From the movie: Apollo 13
- From the movie: An American Werewolf in Paris
- From the movie: True Believer
“It's in the area of narcotics, Mr. Reynard, that the government tramples on the Fourth Amendment.”
- From the movie: Abe Lincoln in Illinois
“No matter how strange or despicable you act, I can do one better, because I work for the government!”
- From the movie: Heaven's Gate
“- Frank Canton: Mr. Champion, my grandfather was the Secretary of War to Harrison. His brother was the governor of the state of New York. My brother-in-law is Secretary of State. And to you, I represent the full authority of the government of the United States and the President.
- Nathan D. Champion: Fuck him too.” - From the movie: Arlington Road
“You can't ask government to be infallible, but you can ask it to be accountable.”
- From the movie: Mindwalk
An Italian premier, just was just after Mussolini, was asked, "Is it difficult to govern Italians?". He said, "Difficult. No, not difficult. Only useless".
- From the movie: Simple Men
- From the movie: Lethal Weapon 2
- From the movie: Company Business
“Governments come and go. Bureaucracies remain the same.”
- From the movie: My Man Godfrey
“- Alexander Bullock: I don't mind giving the government 60% of what I make. But I can't do it when my family spends 50%!
- Irene Bullock: Why should the government get more money than your own family?” - From the movie: The Evil That Men Do
“- Aristos: There is a problem, Clement. The Council for Central American States has just concluded its meetings in Costa Rica.
- Claire: Hypocrites. Every government represented condems my brother publicly and then welcomes him privately.
- Aristos: They have called for another meeting and study of human rights violations.
- Molloch: Human...” (continue)(continue reading) - From the movie: Maximum Risk
“Parents always lie to their children, to prepare them for the way they'll be treated later by the government.”
- From the movie: G' Men
We're gonna make the word "government" poison to them if it's the last thing we do.
- From the movie: Black Dog
ATF - what does that stand for? "Alcohol, Tobacco and Fuck-ups?".
- From the movie: Reservoir Dogs
“I'm very sorry the government taxes their tips, that's fucked up. That ain't my fault. It would seem to me that waitresses are one of the many groups the government fucks in the ass on a regular basis. Look, if you ask me to sign something that says the government shouldn't do that, I'll sign it, put it to a vote, I'll vote for it, but what I...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Evita
- From the movie: Danton
“The people have only one dangerous enemy: the government!”
- From the movie: Men in Black
“In the mid-50s the government started an underfunded agency with the simple and laughable purpose of establishing contact with a race not of this planet. Everyone thought the agency was a joke, except the aliens who made contact March 1961, outside New York. There were nine of us that first night. Seven agents, one astronomer and one dumb kid...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Gettysburg
- From the movie: Born on the Fourth of July
I can't find the words to express how the leadership of this country sickens me, people say "If you don't love America, then get the hell out", well I love America we love the people of America very much but when it comes to the government it stops right there, the government are a bunch of corrupt thieves, they are rapists and robbers, and we... (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Any Which Way You Can
“A hand out is what you get from the government, a hand up is what you get from a friend.”
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