Government Quotes
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A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited, and defined, and by which these powers are distributed among several departments, for their more safe and useful exercise, for the benefit of the body politic.
Samuel Freeman Miller
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Silicon Valley is constantly saying that the government is irrelevant and powerless. But that's because most people there have never seen it get serious.
Dan Farmer
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I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.
Gary Johnson
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Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's.
Abraham Lincoln
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It's simply not sensible ... for the government to say there is no link whatsoever between what is happening in Iraq and what is happening in terms of recruiting extremists.
Liam Fox
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Any change of government which has to be introduced should be one which men, starting from their existing constitutions, will be both willing and able to adopt, since there is quite as much trouble in the reformation of an old constitution as in the establishment of a new one, just as to unlearn is as hard as to learn.
Aristotle
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The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need.
Harlan Stone
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The Government should create, issue, and circulate all the currency and credits needed to satisfy the spending power of the Government and the buying power of consumers. By the adoption of these principles, the taxpayers will be saved immense sums of interest. Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity.
Abraham Lincoln
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In a free country, government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference.
P. J. O'Rourke
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It is the central bank governor, unlike other regulators or government secretaries, who has command over significant policy levers and has to occasionally disagree with the most powerful people in the country.
Raghuram Rajan
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'Hispanic' was the term adopted by the government - by the Nixon government in particular - and that made the community feel it was being branded.
Ilan Stavans
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It's time to acknowledge that more government and higher taxes is not the answer to our problem.
Dan Coats
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Today the devil as a wolf in supposedly a new suit of sheep’s clothing is enticing some men to parrot his line by advocating planned government guaranteed security at the expense of our liberties.
Ezra Taft Benson
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I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.
Rand Paul
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I want to say very clearly that the government... is ready to intervene in order to guarantee the stability of banks and the savings of our citizens.
Paolo Gentiloni
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It's definitely longer than the buzz cut you see most of the time in the federal government. I would pale in comparison to rock and rollers with my haircut. I would be a lightweight.
Bart Chilton
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You see that's what I think is such a terrible, terrible betrayal, the trust that people have in government.
Ralph Steadman
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The whole New Deal was in a sense just a series of public options, some more optional than others, that offered government as an alternative to the often-flawed private market.
Adam Cohen
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It was the students who entered kindergarten in 2011 who are - and I am weighing my words carefully - the sacrificed generation. It is they who have paid a high price for the politics of yesterday - that is to say, the government of Mr. Fillon.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
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Since man created government to help secure and safeguard inalienable rights from God, it follows that man is superior to government and should remain master over it, not the other way around.
Ezra Taft Benson
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Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense.
Richard Scaife
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My government will respect the will of the people.
Mwai Kibaki
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If you look at all the sports in China, the government is extremely involved and they are extremely proud of their athlete.
Patrick Chan
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Anyone who thinks you can pay $3,100 to the federal government and thinks you can get that money back completely in services - like I said - he may go to M-I-T but he is an N-U-T.
Louie Gohmert