Government
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.
Because of my upbringing, I believe in things like limited government, fiscal responsibility and personal accountability. I believe in the wisdom of our founders and the sanctity of our Constitution.
When government — in pursuit of good intentions — tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy.
U.S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U.S. national security and to foreign policy objectives in the Middle East.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.
Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
Sheikh Hasina's government is one of the best Bangladesh has ever had. She is taking action against fundamentalists. But even she refused to let me return. I don't think I can ever return home.
Let those men who still have these misguided ideas, let those men who still have these hallucinations, realize that by anarchism, by dastardly crimes, they cannot bring about good government; let them realize that these methods have not succeeded in any country of the world and are not likely to succeed in India.
What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
A government of laws, and not of men.
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of destruction and anger and control. Dogma has replaced thoughtful discussion between people of differing views.
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