940 private quotes tagged government

“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.” — John Adams

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“When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.” — Ron Paul

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“The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.” — Thomas Sowell

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“Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.” — Milton Friedman

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“The happiness of society is the end of government.” — John Adams

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“I'm very, very concerned about the Bush presidency. I'm worried about the kinds of cuts in domestic programs that mean something to a lot of people, including members of my family, who depend on certain things from the government.” — Sarah Jessica Parker

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“Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way.” — Jesse Ventura

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“But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.” — James Q. Wilson

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“There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.” — Charles de Secondat

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“Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.” — Rod Stewart

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“To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.” — Wendell Phillips

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“Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.” — Harry Browne

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“I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.” — Michael Bloomberg

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“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.” — Thomas Sowell

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“The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.” — Lord Acton

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“If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also.” — Fred Woodworth

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“There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.” — Gerald R. Ford

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“Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness.” — Fred Woodworth

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“Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.” — Cullen Hightower

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“It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.” — Herbert Hoover

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“Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.” — Henry Clay

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“But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.” — Jonathan Mayhew

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“Americans cannot maintain their essential faith in government if there are two Americas, in which the private sector's work subsidizes the disproportionate benefits of this new public sector elite.” — Mortimer Zuckerman

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“Americans no longer look to government for economic security rather, they look to their portfolios.” — Bill Owens

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“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.” — Milton Friedman

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