Famous Quotes: Government

We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government.
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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Let's be honest about this; the liberal agenda with failed stimulus plans and government entitlement programs is crippling our economy and our quality of life.
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Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.
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While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
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The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
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Americans different in some maybe thoughts or emphasis still have the same ideas. They want a government that lets them be free, that leaves them alone, that doesn't interrupt and interfere with every aspect of their life, that lets them go to work and keep more of what they've worked hard to have.
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When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
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Recently released government economic statistics covering 2010, the first year of real recovery from the financial collapse of 2008, found that fully 93 percent of additional income gains coming out of the recession went straight into the wallets and purses of the top 1 percent.
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You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there.
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And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children. This government is yours. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love this job.
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The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.
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A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.
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If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government, to protect liberty - not to run your personal life, not to run the economy, and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live.
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Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people by force.
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This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
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Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
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Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.
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Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed.
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