940 private quotes tagged government

“Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.” — Adrian Cronauer

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“Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub.” — Grover Norquist

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“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.” — Andrew Jackson

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“The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed.” — Alan Keyes

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“Everything government touches turns to crap.” — Ringo Starr

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“So Indian policy has become institutionalized and the result has been that American people have become more dependent on government and that the American people have become more dependent on corporations.” — Russell Means

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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.” — John Kenneth Galbraith

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“As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.” — Andrew Jackson

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“The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.” — John C. Calhoun

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“I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.” — Andy Rooney

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“Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.” — Earl Warren

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“Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.” — B. R. Ambedkar

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“I don't believe we need the government's help as much as some think we do. That belief sets me apart from the Democrats, since their way of dealing with everything is to tax and spend.” — Jesse Ventura

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“The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians.” — Geronimo

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“The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.” — Tom Clancy

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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.” — Andrew Jackson

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“The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.” — Daniel Webster

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“Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.” — Richard M. Nixon

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“I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.” — Andrew Jackson

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“The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.” — Mia Love

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“We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.” — Vladimir Putin

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“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.” — Vladimir Lenin

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“So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.” — Milton Friedman

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“I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education.” — Thabo Mbeki

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“The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.” — James Monroe

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