Government Quotes
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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
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To entrust the government with the power of determining the education which our children receive is entrusting our servant with the power to be our master.
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It is one of the perceptual defects of Western government and press to assign Western-style motives to what people do in non-Western societies, as if these are universally relevant.
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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.
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Government is the greatest combination for forces known to human society. It can command more men and raise more money than any and all other agencies combined.
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I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.
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So government acts as a safeguard of our property.
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What is politically defined as economic planning is the forcible superseding of other people's plans by Government officials.
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Muslims have their own traditions. The important point to bear in mind is that the whole Muslim tradition is totally and unequivocally opposed to autocratic and oppressive government. This is very, very clear.
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It has been an honor to work in the Barack Obama Administration and to serve this President, particularly during a period of unprecedented change in the broader Middle East. Obviously, there is still work to do but I promised my wife I would return to government for only two years and we both agreed it is time to act on my promise.
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The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
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Sometimes there's not a direct transfer of skills from business to government, but sometimes what happened in business would be really bad for government.
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A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back to me, and they said that they were too commercial for them.
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The Commerce Clause has already been inflated so much that we basically can't do anything without the government's permission.
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Billionaires should never be responsible for solving problems, because they're not the government.
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Transparency in government, no less than transparency in choosing government, remains a vital national interest in a democracy.
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Most people I know I think agree and even many theists agree with this. We don't want government involved. When atheists become the majority in this country, I don't think the theists are going to be glad to have "one nation under no God" inserted in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Patriotic is saying, government, you know, you're not always the solution.
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The US government is like an ocean liner, not like a speed boat. It's harder to turn around than people might think.
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Christianity is permitted under China's constitution, and the government has long supported a network of official Christian churches.
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If a government is to do great new things, it will need more support. If a government is to change the world, it will need mass support. This is one of the discoveries of modern government.
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I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.
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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.
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What you see is when the government gets involved, you run out of money and health care gets rationed.
