Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
A republican government in a hundred points is weaker than an autocratic government; but in this one point it is the strongest that ever existed — it has educated a race of men that are men.
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A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad.
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The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
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I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
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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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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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Hillary - at the end of the day, isn't that going to be about bigger government? Isn't that going to be about more taxes?
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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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Migration - whether emigration or return - at the micro level is an individual choice, and government both at the Centre and the states have role only to facilitate the decision of the individuals.
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Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government.
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Both sides of the aisle - Republican and Democrat - have been unwilling and afraid to address the deficit, and someone's got to.
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The lower caste people were killed as part of a conspiracy to dismiss my party's government.
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When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
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In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home.
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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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Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party.
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No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.
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A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
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It is not true that I oppose government funding of the arts.
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Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
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If the words are strange and the melodies are even more strange, I don’t care because I’m listening to my instincts.
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Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
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A republican government in a hundred points is weaker than an autocratic government; but in this one point it is the strongest that ever existed — it has educated a race of men that are men.
