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Government Quotes
"I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."
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"It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government."
80
"By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens."
78
"It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error."
76
"It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right."
71
"The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people."
70
"An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery."
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"No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign."
68
"So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future."
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"Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?"
67
"In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government."
67
"We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole."
66
"The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals."
64
"The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years."
64
"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."
64
"It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States."
64
"It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract."
64
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
64
"My State Senate district was in the northern part of Oklahoma and they were redrawing the districts."
63
"It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent."
63
"Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government."
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"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."
60
"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."
59
"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger."
59
"I also helped write the five-page statement of principles that Civic Forum issued in late November. That was the first public expression of what the new government wanted to do."
59
"Those who deny the existence of a supreme being have been turned into second-class citizens by a government that continuously sends messages that 'real Americans' believe in God."
58
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses."
57
"You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic."
56
"I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights."
56
"My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."
56
"Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government."
56
"The real reason to oppose increasing tax rates on the wealthy is that it's a good bet they could do more to help the economy if they keep their money rather than have their earnings confiscated by the government and spent on another round of stimulus."
55
"The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government."
55
"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program."
54
"Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government."
54
"This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people'"
54
"The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.'"
54
"Our clear goal must be the advancement of the white race and separation of the white and black races. This goal must include freeing of the American media and government from subservient Jewish interests."
54
"The CARE bill is an important piece of patient-care legislation. It will improve the quality of radiologic procedures performed throughout the United States as well as assist in reducing the cost incurred by the Federal government for these procedures."
53
"The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community."
53
"The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues."
53
"They've also, the government's decided now, what sexual content is."
53
"I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time."
53
"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."
52
"I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought."
52
"I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions."
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"The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem."
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"Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public right."
51
"Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub."
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"Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency."
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