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Government Quotes
"Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government."
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"To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it."
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"January 30th will be a historic day for the Middle East and the world. The Iraqi people will take the next step toward a free and democratic society as they place their votes for a transitional Iraqi government."
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"The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity."
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"I have always thought that the rapid economic development of South Africa would in the long run prove to be incompatible with the government's racial policies, and recent events have tended to confirm my opinion."
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"And how the government communicates about homeland security is central to how the public responds."
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"The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government."
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"Everybody in America is going to have to sacrifice to help us rebuild the Gulf Coast. Every government program, every individual, we are all going to have to sacrifice."
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"I respect very much the role of the media in our society; I think they can be very, very helpful. They serve as a very useful check, sort of a watchdog over the actions of the government, and I respect that."
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"Now the proposal is yet again another $150 billion before we start to think about a freeze. But $150 billion spent on more government programs; monies being created to direct and what kind of jobs that Washington thinks ought to be created. Come on. I mean there is a government that can help, and the government can also hurt."
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"I wish the government and the Minister of Justice would address these legal and constitutional arguments, but they refuse to. They want Canadians to go blindly into their brave new world, but it is not wise for a society to move blindly in any direction."
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"If government were a product, selling it would be illegal."
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"The vast concourse of people who had assembled to witness the triumphant arrival of the successful travellers was of the lowest orders of mechanics and artisans, among whom great distress and a dangerous spirit of discontent with the government at that time prevailed."
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"We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives."
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"Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority."
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"This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life."
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"I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government."
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"The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied."
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"Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier."
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"I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?"
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"The Question to be considered is, Whether the Government have reason by a Law, to prohibit the taking more than 4 l. per cent Interest for Money lent, or to leave the Borrower and Lender to make their own Bargains."
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"Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less."
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"Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants."
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"I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come."
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"Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts."
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"It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates and as our incumbent senators would have us be."
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"I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge."
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"The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense."
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"It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies."
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"The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse."
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"Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works."
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"I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people."
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"It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that which they would most like to repress."
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"Our government makes the simple promise of a secure retirement to every American who works for many years and contributes to our retirement benefit system."
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"If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them."
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"A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit."
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"When we were in the seminary we got a stipend direct from the government and for that stipend we had an obligation to stick to our teaching job for five years."
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"I explain this not for publicity, nor seeking to win an argument of right or wrong, I explain so that the record is clear as to my thinking and motivations in bombing a government installation."
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"I was pretty much the government's poster boy for what I had done."
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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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"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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"Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden."
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"The responsibility of a minister is to step aside when there is a criminal investigation of the department. That protects the propriety of Parliament and of responsible government."
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"The government is best which makes itself unnecessary."
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"The committee discloses that even after the U.S. government learned of the diversion of U.S. designs for nuclear warheads in late 1995, the Clinton Administration failed to take steps immediately to improve security."
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"It is being alleged that the Federal Government is 'cutting' spending. In fact, we are not 'cutting' anything. Defense spending under this budget would rise by 4.3 percent over last year. Other discretionary spending would also rise."
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"Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account."
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"If the government decides to put your life under a microscope, do you think it won't find something? I suspect there's not an adult in the country who would walk away totally unscathed if every aspect of his or her life were investigated the way Stewart's ImClone trading was."
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"Any time the United States government turns over an American citizen, including military personnel, to the government of another country, it is in our nature to want to make sure that they receive the best treatment, the fairest treatment, and the most humane treatment."
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