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Government Quotes
"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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"A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top."
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"I have also come to understand Congress' need for a bipartisan as well as a partisan capacity."
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"For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President."
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"We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government."
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"America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to."
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"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."
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"Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result."
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"Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored."
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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."
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"'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."
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"I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities."
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"There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises."
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"I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government."
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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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"No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion."
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"It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all."
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"The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none."
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"Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed."
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"Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible."
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"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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"We have been waiting for you so that we could turn over the government."
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"We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government."
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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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"The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity."
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"I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred."
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"History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior."
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"I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots."
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"I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament."
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"Medicaid is essentially bankrupt, Medicare is essentially bankrupt, why the heck would we give the federal government another entitlement program to manage?"
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"I had watched for many years and seen how a few rich families held much of Argentina's wealth and power in their hands. So Peron and the government brought in an eight hour working day , sickness pay and fair wages to give poor workers a fair go ."
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"The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her."
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"Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the state.' We don't sort of take power and grab the levers of government and impose our agenda down people's throats."
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"Saudi Arabia was, until just a few years ago, probably one of the most safe countries on earth. And now the paper is daily full of activities and shootouts between Islamists who supported Osama bin Laden and the government there."
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"We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected."
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"For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general."
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"A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person."
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"The police officers, so far as discipline, organization, pay, and orders were concerned, came exclusively under the German Reich police system and were in no way connected with the administration of the Government General."
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"Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home."
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"We are very grateful for what the Ontario provincial government is doing, and for cooperation from provincial and local police forces all across Canada."
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"I've spent a lot of time researching the subject and government deception. So to be involved in Star Trek is perfect for me. I enjoy meeting the fans and discussing my interests with them."
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"This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful."
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"The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind, it is necessary that every soul should be rightly and thoroughly instructed in regard to its nature and general characteristics."
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"Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play."
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"There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government."
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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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"The Home Guards are required to come in at once and deliver up their arms, those who fail to do so will be regarded as enemies of the Government and treated accordingly."
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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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