Government
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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.
The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective.
Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable — even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.
To me, democratic socialism means democracy. It means creating a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthiest people in the country.
The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated.
Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.
I have embraced crying mothers who have lost their children because our politicians put their personal agendas before the national good. I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens.
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
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.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
Election days come and go. But the struggle of the people to create a government which represents all of us and not just the one percent — a government based on the principles of economic, social, racial and environmental justice — that struggle continues.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
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