"Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government."

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"Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

Government, Democracy, Parliament, Trouble

"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."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

Government, Society, People, Building

"There shall be no end to the government of God."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Government, God, Eternal, Reign

"For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Writer

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

Barbara Tuchman, American Historian

Government, Decision

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

Woodrow Wilson, American President

Government, Democracy, Principles

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."

Edward Abbey, American Author

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"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Government, Reason, Slavery

"The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

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"Government is a ruling structured thuggery."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy."

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"I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table - is the most important challenge facing our country today."

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"One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties."

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"It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office."

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"I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well."

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"My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep."

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"The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government."

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"Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us."

"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."

"There shall be no end to the government of God."

"For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones."

"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."

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."

"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."

"The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop."

"Government is a ruling structured thuggery."

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"There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy."

"I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can be achieved only if everybody has a seat at the table - is the most important challenge facing our country today."

"One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties."

"It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office."

"I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well."

"Micro managing anything is not a great role for government."

"The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites."

"Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea."

"My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep."

"The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government."