"The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination."

Government, Assassination, Tyranny

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"The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush."

John Spratt, American Politician

Government, Country, President, Right

"A government full of Democrats would rather have you be a Republican, and a government full of Republicans would rather have you be a Democrat, than have you oppose both."

Brian Celio, American Novelist

Government, Democrats, Republican, Republicans

"The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it."

John Boehner, American Politician

Government, People, Control

"This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto public utilities, depriving people of choice, depriving people of options, raising people's prices, raising taxes when we need new jobs."

Paul Ryan, American Politician

Government, People, Choice, Healthcare

"I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions."

Stephen Harper, Canadian Politician

Government,

"Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Government, Reality

"I'm very confident that the solutions that we are developing are going to be effective not only in application in Iraq, but also will be very helpful for potential homeland security situations as well."

Geoff Davis, American Politician

Government, Iraq, Potential, Security, Will

"Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require."

Martin McGuinness, Irish Politician

Government, Decision, Ability, Being

"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."

Voltaire, French Writer

Government, Assassination, Democracy

"A government of laws, and not of men."

John Adams, American President

Government, Men, Laws

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"If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated."

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"The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out."

Nothing

"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

Death

"I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow."

Life

"I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms."

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"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

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"The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush."

"A government full of Democrats would rather have you be a Republican, and a government full of Republicans would rather have you be a Democrat, than have you oppose both."

"The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it."

"I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions."

"Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme."

"I'm very confident that the solutions that we are developing are going to be effective not only in application in Iraq, but also will be very helpful for potential homeland security situations as well."

"Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require."

"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."

"A government of laws, and not of men."

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"If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated."

"The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out."

"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

"We never live, we are always in the expectation of living."

"One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."

"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."

"Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law."

"I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow."

"I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms."

"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."