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Government Quotes
"By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens."
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"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."
51
"It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right."
51
"It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government."
50
"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."
49
"This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people'"
49
"The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people."
48
"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."
47
"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."
45
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."
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"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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"Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government."
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"Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub."
42
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
41
"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."
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"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."
39
"I guess my natural inclination is to finish what I started. We have a Conservative government in Nova Scotia. What I want to see is a Conservative government in Ottawa."
39
"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program."
38
"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."
38
"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."
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"Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government."
38
"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."
38
"The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should not support the people."
38
"The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who were, in one way or another, affected by the violence either directly or indirectly."
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"The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals."
37
"The Bible must be considered as the great source of all the truth by which men are to be guided in government as well as in all social transactions."
37
"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."
37
"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."
36
"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger."
36
"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."
36
"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses."
36
"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."
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"The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem."
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"The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on."
35
"Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible."
35
"I think that if we get back to some basic fundamental principles, we can make sure that we resolve the issues. And I think that that's what the Tea Party was all about. It's getting back to a constitutional conservative government. And that is limited, but it's also effective and efficient. I think that that's what we'll be able to do."
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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."
34
"I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government."
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"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."
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"The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented."
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"A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top."
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"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."
33
"I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government."
33
"I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought."
33
"No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion."
33
"I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America."
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"The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain that I am accepting this on behalf of all Argentinean women, and I can feel my hands tremble with joy as they grasp the laurel proclaiming victory."
33
"They've also, the government's decided now, what sexual content is."
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"Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country."
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