John Stuart Mill Quotes
There is an imaginary circle drawn around every human being, over which no government should be able to step.
Quotes to Explore
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Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.
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My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.
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Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.
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There are things that government can do to incentivize the free market to do a better job, yes. But is that a replacement for getting in the way, actively, of the fossil fuel industry and preventing them from destroying our chances of a future on a livable planet? It's not a replacement.
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I don't feel proprietary, but I do feel there is a human identity to the borough of Hackney that's quite peculiar. It was always bloody-minded and difficult; it always stood up to central government.
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'The Crumbling of America' should be required viewing for local and national government, not to mention the local and national media who should be keeping their feet to the fire on guarding against disaster.
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My government is working for the common man. Our priority is the poor of the country. We want good governance through a dynamic and seamless government.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?'
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Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored.
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No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.
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Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government.
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The best government is the least government. In some areas, I'm libertarian. I don't subscribe to any one party; they are all bad.
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All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.
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You really have to create everything in order to come away with a full human being on screen.
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Holding our own government to account for the use of its power is, in my view, the highest mission of a U.S. news organization.
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If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?
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The famous convention of 1787 met in Philadelphia to define the additional powers needed to enable Congress to do its job effectively. Instead, the convention proposed a brand new national government.
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It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet.
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Unless wealth was chastened by culture or regulated by government, it was at worst predatory, at best boring.
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There is no rose without thorns.
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I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broken out of that limited audience.
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I think the best way to be an activist is to live your life well and be honest. It means being out. If you are not comfortable marching, you can make a big difference just by working side by side with someone who actually knows you're gay and a fine human being.
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There is an imaginary circle drawn around every human being, over which no government should be able to step.
