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Government Quotes
"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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"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger."
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"Here was this vast machinery of government and they didn't know how it ran, where you put in the gas, where you put in the oil, where you turn the throttle."
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"Just like families must live within their budgets, the Federal Government must live within its means. We have passed appropriations bills that have been fiscally responsible while recognizing our national priorities."
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"We must force the government to stop the bird migration. We must shoot all birds, field all our men and troops... and force migratory birds to stay where they are."
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"When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal."
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"But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right."
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"They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government."
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"Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body."
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"That's why it has to be a nonprofit, because a nonprofit is required to take monies it receives and use them for the purposes for which it's chartered by the government. It can't be pocketed."
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"The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues."
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"Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty."
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"A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years."
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"I've been bragging for over 25 years that my first New York Times bestseller was a book I copied from the U.S. Government Printing Office!"
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"The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy."
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"Our goal is not to crush the enemy at any price, but to make it realize that it is illegal to take up arms to overthrow a democratically elected government."
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"I mean, I really don't want the federal government to be determining whether or not a person who feels certain ways about the environment or about animals or about certain religious issues should be considered an extremist. That to me is a type of thought control, mind control, which is very dangerous."
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"No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor."
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"When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite."
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"In March of 1933 we witnessed a revolution in manner, in mores, in the definition of government. What before had been black or white sprang alive with color."
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"No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges."
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"This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto public utilities, depriving people of choice, depriving people of options, raising people's prices, raising taxes when we need new jobs."
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"Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away."
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"In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it."
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"We believe that the government has an important role to create the conditions that promote entrepreneurship, upward mobility, and individual responsibility."
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"I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice."
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"I feel that the majority of people should decide for themselves what kind of government they want."
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"When has there ever been a government in German history that came to the people and revealed its detailed plans for the coming years? That could not happen before, since German governments planned war and conquest."
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"Because what happens is, as the economy suffers, tax revenues go down. But unlike businesses, where at least your variable costs go down, in government your variable costs go up: unemployment insurance, workmen's compensation, health care benefits, welfare, you name it."
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"But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with."
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"And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children. This government is yours. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love this job."
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"We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo."
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"No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people."
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"The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state."
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"Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme."
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"The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government."
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"I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution."
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"We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government."
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"Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile."
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"All these stories are grist to the mill of the government because they build up a very useful war psychosis."
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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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"Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed."
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"Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches."
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"It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose."
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"To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates."
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"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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"As the governor of this state, I obviously see the issue quite differently."
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"Gandhi has more recently recognized the need for continuance of British, American and Chinese efforts in India and has suggested that these troops might remain by agreement with some new Indian Government."
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