Government Quotes
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We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government.
Tim Scott
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The federal government was responsible for building the levees, engineering the levees, and consequentially, the federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that has been done, which has not been completed yet.
Mitch Landrieu
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I am a true constitutionalist, and whether it is our state's rights, personal property rights or the right to bear arms, the federal government will know if they come to Michigan trying to trample our rights, it will have a fight on its hands under a Bouchard administration.
Mike Bouchard
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Throughout history, the really fundamental changes in societies have come about not from the dictates of governments and the results of battles, but through vast numbers of people changing their minds, sometimes only a little bit.
Willis Harman
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The primary role of the church is to reflect God's value system in society and to train people in that value system. It's not the government's responsibility, nor are they equipped to do that on the most local level where the need exists.
Tony Evans
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When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
Harry S Truman
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What patient can trust the knowledge of a physician without reputation or furniture, in a period when publicity is all-powerful and when the government gilds the lamp posts on the Place de la Concorde in order to dazzle the poor?
Honore de Balzac
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Water's about everything. And when the federal government controls water, it controls everything - that's the problem.
Paul Gosar
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Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?
Stephen Ambrose
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That wall is a one directional wall. It keeps the government from running the church but it makes sure that Christian principles will always stay in government.
David Barton
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People are fed up with Labour for taking them for granted for far too long, they are fed up of too much spin, and the people of Dunfermline and West Fife have spoken for the rest of the country with their views on the Labour government.
Willie Rennie
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I really didn't know much about the Libertarians. I knew they were for less government and more individual freedom. I liked that.
Howard Stern
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It is time to investigate Russian interference in our democracy and to address it in a manner that will help restore Americans' trust in their government.
Raja Krishnamoorthi
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Government cannot do everything, so we need to first decide what government ought to be doing, then figure out what it's capable of doing, and then follow the jobs we choose to completion.
Ernie Fletcher
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A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.
George Grenville
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At the heart of liberalism really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace God.
Todd Akin
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Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement.
John Stuart Mill
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What a man thinks is no concern of the government.
William O. Douglas
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Government is essentially immoral.
Herbert Spencer
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As such, the least practicable measure of government must be the best. Anything beyond the minimum must be oppression.
Isabel Paterson
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I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained, is unbroken at home and abroad. In all my public and private acts as your President, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end. My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
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There are only two questions about government. How much do you want? How much can you stand?
James Cook
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With the change of government this matter was not further pursued and the tax deductible limit has remained at $6,000.
Edward Seaga
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If governments do not ensure that, the peoples through their own efforts will ensure these changes, what we call communitarian socialism.
Evo Morales