"I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government."

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

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Having said that, I believe we must not compound the natural disaster of Katrina by creating a fiscal disaster in Congress - it is our duty to ensure that we reign in other government spending in any event, and especially in this time of national emergency."

Chris Chocola, American Politician

Government, Time, Congress, Disaster

"I believe the only measure of government response shouldn't be how much we spend on a situation, but rather how well we spend."

Chris Chocola, American Politician

Government, Measure

"All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

Government, Virtue, Act, Compromise

"Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

Government, Action, Cities, Debate

"Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise system and are unsupportive of big government."

Arthur C. Brooks, American Author

Government, Business, Americans, Capitalism

"Every country has the government it deserves."

Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat

Government, Country

"If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

Government, Men, Country, States

"Well it's not a matter for me to say what Llew Smith can or cannot do, he's an elected Member of Parliament."

Ron Davies, Welsh Politician

Government, Parliament

"Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows."

Bernard Devoto, American Historian

Government, People, Congress, Race

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"The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies."

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"I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else."

Nothing

"What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted."

God

"Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry."

Faith

"Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose."

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"Necessity has no law."

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"Nature can do more than physicians."

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

"Having said that, I believe we must not compound the natural disaster of Katrina by creating a fiscal disaster in Congress - it is our duty to ensure that we reign in other government spending in any event, and especially in this time of national emergency."

"I believe the only measure of government response shouldn't be how much we spend on a situation, but rather how well we spend."

"All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter."

"Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown."

"Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise system and are unsupportive of big government."

"Every country has the government it deserves."

"If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it."

"Well it's not a matter for me to say what Llew Smith can or cannot do, he's an elected Member of Parliament."

"Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows."

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"The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies."

"A few honest men are better than numbers."

"God made them as stubble to our swords."

"Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry."

"I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else."

"What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted."

"Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry."

"Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose."

"Necessity has no law."

"Nature can do more than physicians."