Famous Quotes: Government

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.
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The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society.
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Even if every major government were to slap huge taxes on carbon fuels - which is not going to happen - it wouldn't do much to halt climate change any time soon. What it would do is cost us hundreds of billions - if not trillions - of dollars, because alternative energy technologies are not yet ready to take up the slack.
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Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
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I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.
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The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.
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Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble if the government doesn't restrain them.
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Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
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A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
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Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government.
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Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.
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The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
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All government, of course, is against liberty.
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The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians.
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I've been subject to how many security clearance procedures and I must say as irritating as some people may find them I think they are absolutely essential to making sure that people who work in sensitive positions in the national security field in our government are entirely loyal to the United States.
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A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.
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The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.
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Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?
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It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.
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To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution.
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