Famous Quotes: Government

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
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National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
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So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.
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We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought.
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A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
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For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for.
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President Obama's reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon could put almost 44,000 jobs at stake right here in Pennsylvania. we are not going to let that happen. You know why? Because No. 1, national defense is the first priority of the federal government.
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We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.
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Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad.
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I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause.
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We've got a first class leader at the moment. David Cameron is dealing with the issues that he was left by the last government very well indeed.
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We Brits print banknotes out in Debden in Essex, and have contracted it out to the private sector. Here in the U.S. it is a government operation right in the heart of Washington next door to the Holocaust Museum.
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed.
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Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
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No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
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To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector and grow government with it. And that's exactly what Obama has in mind with this expiration of Bush tax cuts proposal of his.
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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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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
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If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.
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I expect my next job to be outside government.
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