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Government Quotes
"I continue to vote against such spending increases, but sometimes I think some of my Republican colleagues forgot that we were sent here to shrink the federal government, not to grow it."
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"You can't have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government."
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"Until we can fully grasp the extent of corruption and fraud involved in the administration of the Oil-for-Food program, and until the United Nations decides to cooperate in the investigation, no American taxpayer dollars should go to the United Nations."
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"We have to get government out of the job of picking winners and losers. That's what they've been doing the last year and a half, getting in the way of businesses that are trying to reinvest to get our economy back on its feet."
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"War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters."
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"The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts."
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"As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything."
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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."
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"You know, I have found a new way to get high and stay spaced out for hours on end, and the government can't stop me... It's called senility."
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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."
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"I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities."
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"I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it."
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"Look, I think by the time my case was over and other ones, everybody on both sides of the aisle in Congress said we can't run a government by this kind of process and they repealed the law and that's good."
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"The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people."
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"Everyone town of 100,000 in the United States should have a Classical Theater supported by the town, or the state of the county, or the Federal Government, as they have in every civilized country."
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"We need to get rid of the 16th amendment, and return to the original system that funds government with a variety of tariffs and duties."
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"I mean, the Obama position has been, 'We think government ought to be spending this money, not the people who earn it.'"
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"You know, in a workplace, when you shrink the size of a workforce, there is pain there. But there is no question: we have a government that we can no longer afford.That is the cold, hard fact. So we have to make this more efficient. We have to sunset programs that no longer work. We have to eliminate waste and fraud. We must do this."
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"I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me."
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"The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people."
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"The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members."
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"Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government."
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"Parents don't need government to raise their kids. That's their job. But government can help them protect their children from influences they may not want their kids exposed to."
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"The total station economy is about $800 million dollars a year, and about $90 million comes from the government. In the long run, we would be better off without federal funding."
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"It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state."
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"People have to take responsibility for themselves. We need to get the housing industry going again. We don't need government intervening in every step."
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"I am neither a free-trade man, willing to collect all the money we have to raise by direct tax upon the people, nor am I willing to lay a tax simply for protection when the Government does not need the money."
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"You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones."
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"After the horrific attacks of September 11th, it was evident that our Government needed to be transformed to meet the new challenges of this dangerous world."
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"The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really the talk for those who have."
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"Instead of raising taxes as some would insist, we need to reduce waste and inefficiency in government."
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"While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation."
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"That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer."
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"The case decided on Thursday, though, seemed promising to takings fans because it wasn't about compensation. It was about the requirement that any government taking must have a "public purpose.""
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"This independent report clearly indicates that while we may differ among ourselves in government about what to spend money on, we have one of the most reliable and non-political processes for agreeing on how much money there is. We don't play games with the numbers."
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"And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that idolatry is the dependency upon our government. We're supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government."
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"In vain shall Great Britain confer upon her colonies the free government and liberal principles of legislation, for which she is distinguished, if she do not carry with her the revelations of God."
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"The only thing growing faster than the federal government's deficit is Chris Matthews' man-crush on Barack Obama."
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"The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial quality of impartiality is being lost."
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"The government serves the people - not vice-versa."
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"You can expect to find these four priorities - education, economic vitality, efficiency in government and the protection of families - woven into my decisions as Governor. They will serve as my compass as I work with you to chart a future course for our state."
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"Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government."
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"Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom."
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"The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more."
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"The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing goodies is now all the government does."
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"Because each are going to blame each other. The thing that Canberra has to really get right is the sharing of the resource. But my problem with people in the government who are there for a short time is that there's no consequences for some of these decisions they make."
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"Bush is going in the wrong way. And I dare say, that is what the strategy of his administration is, is just to wipe out government's purpose for any social and economic justice at all. And I'm going to take the country in an opposite direction than he's taking it."
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"For over 15 years, through the clean coal programs of the Department of Energy, the Federal Government has been a solid partner, working jointly with private companies and the states to develop and demonstrate a new generation of environmentally clean technology using coal."
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"Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons."
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