Famous Quotes: Government

Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know it's bold. It's out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background it's hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government.
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And I can tell you that history will back up what I'm about to say and that is that there is no government run by conservatives, Republicans, put whoever you want there, if you give government the opportunity to spend more money than it has, it will do it. It will do it every time.
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As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press.
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I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things.
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We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.
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The most important point is, in a time of crisis, there is no way out but for the government to be bold and aggressive.
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Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
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Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.
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We tried to have diplomas without learning, we tried to have jobs without work, we tried to have houses without savings, we tried to have government without responsibility.
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Americans no longer look to government for economic security; rather, they look to their portfolios.
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So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
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If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?
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We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.
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If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.
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Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling.
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Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.
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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
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The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
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The happiness of society is the end of government.
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