Tony Blair Quotes
It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
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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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Our rights come from God, not the government.
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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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We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong.
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Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government.
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If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.
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The Chinese have made a faustian pact with the government, agreeing to forsake demands for political and intellectual freedom in exchange for more material comfort. They live prosperous lives in which any expression of pain is forbidden.
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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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Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
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Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.
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When the government runs out of lenders, it can do something that households are forbidden to do: print money.
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To pump up consumer or government demand would force interest rates up and asset prices down, possibly by enough to destroy more jobs than are created.
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Despite the fact that Rouhani has been a long-time insider in a government that has committed countless human rights violations, and that he himself called for the execution of peaceful activists in 1999, many people inside and outside Iran are optimistic that he might indeed favor greater respect for the rights of the Iranian people.
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Uncritical American boosterism - automatic endorsement of every government action - is myopic and self-defeating.
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You can't have it both ways. You can't tell me that you're taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say, 'Bring me home some bacon.' The pig has been picked clean.
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City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of life and property when emergencies occur.
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In addition, as citizens, we must fight in their incipient stages all movements by government or party or pressure groups that seek to limit the legitimate liberties of any of our fellow citizens.
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I started, actually, as an analyst on African affairs, mainly on Al Jazeera. I remember the first few series were about Saudi students, and the negotiations between the government and the Sudanese rebels in the south. And then, slowly, I was speaking about Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and a few other places.
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That is what we know how to do better than anyone else: We know how to maximize value for our projects. If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should approach me. No problem.
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To such idle talk it might further be added: that whenever a certain exclusive occupation is coupled with specific shortcomings, it is likewise almost certainly divorced from certain other shortcomings.
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We derive immeasurable good, uncounted pleasures, enormous security, and many critical lessons about life by owning dogs.
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It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.
