Government Quotes
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It is a law of governance that democracies have to spend themselves dizzy. Citizens of democracies can, after all, tell their government to give them things.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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Thomas Jefferson despised newspapers, with considerable justification. They printed libels and slanders about him that persist to the present day. Yet he famously said that if he had to choose between government without newspapers and newspapers without government, he would cheerfully choose to live in a land with newspapers (even not very good ones) and no government.
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We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must have access to information for informed debate. Government institutions must treat citizens fairly, and with dignity, while responding to their needs.
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You could afford your house without the government if it weren't for the government.
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The national Government sees in both Christian denominations the most important factor for the maintenance of our society.
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The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.
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It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act.
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As the United States drifts from its Judeo-Christian foundation and as the state becomes ever more pervasive in American life, government could ultimately insist on full allegiance from the people, an allegiance belonging only to God.
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A country whose population has been trained to accept the government's word and to shun those who question it is a country without liberty in its future.
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The government was comprehensive in its response ... (but) I would characterize the proposals as disappointing.
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History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
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Though we love to think that we are civilized & developed than that of people lived centuries ago. In reality, the world is still run through the principle of 'Might is right'. Whoever - government or individual - has more power & money is dominating and, in many cases, oppressing people who are financially & politically weaker.
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We need a government that does not give in to a globalist agenda, an agenda I am now convinced seeks to bring American as a sovereign nation and the middle class to their knees.
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So I don't think the government or the authorities could be faulted if these warrants of arrest will be served.
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putting the government of Syria on notice that our patience has limits.
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What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?
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It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.
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It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.
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No power in the country can dissolve the government.
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The path to glory is rough, and many gloomy hours obscure it. May the Great Spirit shed light on your path, so that you may never experience the humility that the power of the American government has reduced me to. This is the wish of a man who, in his native forests, was once as proud and bold as yourself.
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At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.
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Health care is one-sixth of our economy. If the government can control that, they can control just about everything. We need to understand what is going on, because there are much more economic models that can be used to give us good health care than what we have now.
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Government has a legitimate sphere of operation. The problem arises when that sphere continually expands, encompassing areas where government lacks legitimacy.
