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"It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose."
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"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."

"No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision."

"Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles."

"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."

"In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population."

"On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does."

"Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated."

"There are no doubts that western governments are willfully inducing radiation sickness into segments of their city populations."

"The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly."

"Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government."
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"Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government."


"I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides."


"However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice."


"Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime."


"I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands."


"Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will."


"Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war."


"Those who wish to cause religious conflict are small in number but often manage to dominate the headline."
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