"I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts."

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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

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"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

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"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

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

Voltaire, French Writer

Government, Assassination, Democracy

"This year, we are going to take our government out of the hands of corporate special interests and put it back into the hands of Ohio families - where it belongs."

Sherrod Brown, American Politician

Government, Corporate

"Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government."

Marty Meehan, American Politician

Government, Act, Congress, Rights

"The American people deserve truthfulness, not more political campaigning. The American people deserve a responsible government that seeks to address their needs, not more ideological dogma."

Jose Serrano, American Politician

Government, People, Needs

"All these stories are grist to the mill of the government because they build up a very useful war psychosis."

Helen Suzman, South African Politician

Government, War, Southafrican

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"Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth."

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"Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there."

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"It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool."

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"I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy."

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"As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the original ideas is sound."

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"We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts."

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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."

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

"This year, we are going to take our government out of the hands of corporate special interests and put it back into the hands of Ohio families - where it belongs."

"Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government."

"The American people deserve truthfulness, not more political campaigning. The American people deserve a responsible government that seeks to address their needs, not more ideological dogma."

"All these stories are grist to the mill of the government because they build up a very useful war psychosis."

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"It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter."

"A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts."

"When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away."

"He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion."

"Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth."

"Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there."

"It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool."

"I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy."

"As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the original ideas is sound."

"We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts."