Harold MacMillan 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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Who controls the issuance of money controls the 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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What we won't become is a 'Democratic Party lite!' We are a party that wants smaller government and lower taxes. Obama and the Democrats do not. We are a party that wants to encourage small business. We are a party that has a large constituent group that believes in a social agenda and we will not abandon them.
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I used to kind of go for it, right? Like, I'd be the one who would say, 'All right, there's Kate Moss. I'm going to try to make out with her.'
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Our rights come from God, not the government.
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Since Madonna is positioned as always 'cooler than thou,' we all are primed for schadenfreude if something in her fabulous life goes amiss.
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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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One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right to interfere for any purpose except for that of affording protection.
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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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Madonna can still produce a catchy pop song, but she hasn't expanded her artistic vocabulary since the 1990s. Her concerts are glitzy extravaganzas of special effects overkill. She leaves little space in them for emotional depth or unscripted rapport with the audience.
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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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We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive.
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I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.
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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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No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.
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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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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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A friend of mine told me, you know your obsession with girls who talk like sexy babies? You have to put that into your script.
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My optimistic outlook on life is to sort of be positive and take everyone at face value.
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You never want to lose three games in a row, let alone going into a break. Go into the break and rejuvenate and come back and be ready to go.
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It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
