Famous Quotes: Government

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.
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We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And I've got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit you're not listening to them.
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War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.
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Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism of the powers of government agencies to do good.
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Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners.
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I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.
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But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.
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Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling people.
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By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate.
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Christian conservatives care about their families eating. They're concerned about energy independence. They're concerned about functional government.
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Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to abandon their beliefs.
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Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
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I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.
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