Beth Torbert (Bif Naked) Quotes
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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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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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Who controls the issuance of money controls the government!
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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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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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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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No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
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You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices.
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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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We have morons representing us. People who go up and vote for a bill that they have never read - I mean, are we crazy? Are we insane to hand over our government to those kinds of people?
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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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We're having the first computer-generated comic strip in the United States.
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Conservatives sometimes forget that limiting government is not an end in itself but a means to a better society.
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In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster.
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The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.
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Uncritical American boosterism - automatic endorsement of every government action - is myopic and self-defeating.
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It's a violation of federal law for an officer or an employee of the United States government to make or authorize an expenditure or obligation exceeding the amount we've appropriated.
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To expect the government to save you is to be a bystander in your own fate.
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...governments, including free and democratic governments, are not really friendly to freedom and democracy. They abhor any rule of law that limits their powers and penchant for social engineering.
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Charles Bean is a brilliant director. I come in with an idea and try to do it, but I fall on my face. And then, he says, 'Wait a minute, there was a little moment in there. Let's try that moment and expand in that direction.'
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Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It's a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom.
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SARS is just made up by the Government of the United States!
