Government Quotes
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Government's power to bully people who have broken no law is dangerous to all of us.
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You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.
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So a working couple can contribute a lot more with a Roth 401(k). Each spouse can put $15,000 into a Roth 401(k). It's an opportunity to put a lot of money away that you'll never again have to share with the government.
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The idea that industry is important and therefore must be run by government is one of the ugliest and least American concepts out there.
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I think of Texas as the laboratory for bad government.
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It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth.
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The minority has discovered a powerful help in influencing majorities. It has been found possible so to mold the mind of the masses that they will throw their newly gained strength in the desired direction. In the present structure of society, this practice is inevitable. Whatever of social importance is done today, whether in politics, finance, manufacture, agriculture, charity, education, or other fields, must be done with the help of propaganda. Propaganda is the executive arm of the invisible government.
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The answer to one is the answer to all. Government by 'the people' is expedient or it is not. If it is expedient, then obviously all the people must be included.
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Government is supposed to be neutral on religion. It has no business telling people how, when, or where to pray—or even if they ought to pray. Government does lots of things well, but meddling in our private religious lives is not among them.
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The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians.
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The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.
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Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the government did something, compared to what actually happened when the government did nothing.
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I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today.
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Government is essentially immoral.
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This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area.
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Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.
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There are only two economists in Congress and hundreds of lawyers. Does that explain why the government is in such a mess?
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Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what.
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You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play.
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America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people.
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What the federal government does basically is borrow money from people and mail it to people.
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I'm not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government, but not to the point of being a libertarian.
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Just as members of American teachers unions often send their own children to private schools, so unionized workers at government-run hospitals in Britain have insurance that allows them to go to private hospitals. In both cases, those on the inside realize how bad these institutions are, regardless of what they say to those on the outside.
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Government that is open and honest will always be able to withstand the light of day.
