Government Quotes
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Happiness is more effectually dispensed to mankind under a republican form of government than any other.
George Washington
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I have never stuck up for any criminal. I have merely asked for the orderly administration of an impartial justice...Due legal process is my own safeguard against being convicted unjustly. To my mind, that's government. That's law and order.
Erle Stanley Gardner
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A democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom, but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse, carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination.
John Stuart Mill
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My government, a government of national unity, will make all necessary structural reforms.
Nicos Anastasiades
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Free enterprise, individual opportunity, limited government. They made America great; only they can keep America strong.
Reince Priebus
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While Donald Trump was busy with his accountants trying to figure out how to keep living like a billionaire, and all the while he was using his political connections to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in government subsidies and extra tax breaks for his companies. In other words, Trump was taking from America with both hands, and leaving the rest of us with the bill.
Hillary Clinton
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We believe that human happiness requires freedom and that freedom requires limited government.
Charles A. Murray
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When you have a country that's been accustomed to government spending at a certain level, it is really hard to ratchet it back.
Mike Lee
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There are certain basic principles regarding the proper role of government. If principles are correct, then they can be applied to any specific proposal with confidence... The true statesman values principle above popularity, and works to create popularity for those political principles which are wise and just.
Ezra Taft Benson
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You deserve better from your entire government, all of us.
George Tenet
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After the 9/11 attacks, I dutifully stocked up on rolls of duct tape and N-95 masks, as the government recommended.
Dana Milbank
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The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good.
Rufus Choate
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Socialism isn't just a list of economic prescriptions for government. Perhaps above all, socialism is a moral view.
Anderson Cooper
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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
William Jennings Bryan
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We need to keep this Labour government, it has a good chance of another term.
Clare Short
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Certainly, the job of a U.S. senator is to create a climate conducive to creating jobs, which is lower taxes and less government regulation. What Harry Reid has been doing is putting forward those policies that actually put more regulation on business.
Sharron Angle
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Honoured to be back as Secretary of State for Transport. In a government working hard to level up Britain, connecting communities means everything!
Grant Shapps
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Have the government get out of the way.
Scott Rigell
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I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president.
Paul D. Boyer
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I don't believe anyone doubts the American people's values or the commitment of the American government or the government's agencies to advancing those values and defending those values.
Rex W. Tillerson
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If the government can't get the economy moving again, they have a lot of fundamental problems.
David Wessel
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It’s incredibly important given where demand for air travel is right now and we’re extremely pleased that the government has recognized the importance of the airline business and retaining critical service and keeping our team employed. So, it’s extremely important and great news.
Doug Parker
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The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
George Washington
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I believe in small government and people taking care of themselves.
Susan Olsen