940 private quotes tagged government

“I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.” — Jesse Ventura

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“Open the way before the new government to prove that it is for serving the people.” — Muqtada al Sadr

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“If it does not serve the Iraqi people, there are only political means that must be followed to reform the government - a new government that we must give a chance to prove that it is there to serve the people.” — Muqtada al Sadr

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“I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day.” — Dave Eggers

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“Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.” — Tim Robbins

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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.” — Al-Waleed bin Talal

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“The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.” — Muqtada al Sadr

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“I'm against big bureaucracy in Washington making health care decisions. I just have an aversion to bureaucrats. But it's not just government bureaucrats. I don't like HMO bureaucrats and insurance company bureaucrats either.” — Gary Bauer

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“There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can't possibly all be served by government.” — Jesse Ventura

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“Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.” — Gary Bauer

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“Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.” — Gary Bauer

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“Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way into it and a relentless focus on the future, with business and government working together to promote growth and broadly shared prosperity. We think 'we're all in this together' is a better philosophy than 'you're on your own.'” — William J. Clinton

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“It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.” — Harold MacMillan

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“Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make.” — Mitch Daniels

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“The government invented the Internet.” — Jon Meacham

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“The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and can't be allowed to happen.” — John Podhoretz

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“The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.” — Robert A. Heinlein

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“Non-disclosure in the Internet Age is quickly perceived as a breach of trust. Government, corporations and each of us as individuals must recalibrate how we live and share our lives appropriate to the information now available and the expectations of others.” — Simon Mainwaring

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“Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic.” — James Buchan

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“Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.” — John Updike

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“The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development.” — Andrew Cuomo

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“And I keep saying, whether you like the president or not, everybody has to pull together and help the president because, as the president goes, so goes the country, as the country goes, so goes your job, your ability to feed your family, your government.” — Michael Bloomberg

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“Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.” — Bill Maher

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“The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country.” — Lyn Nofziger

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“For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.” — John Sununu

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