940 private quotes tagged government

“Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.” — Jesse Ventura

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“Every government must consider the security of the country. That is just part of the responsibilities of any government. But true security can only come out of unity within a country where there are so many ethnic nationalities.” — Aung San Suu Kyi

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“The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.” — Martin Van Buren

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“The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.” — Rand Paul

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“Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.” — Paul Harvey

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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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“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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“Government is essentially immoral.” — Herbert Spencer

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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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“Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.” — Aung San Suu Kyi

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“The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.” — Jerome K. Jerome

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“Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.” — David Hume

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“So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!” — Eddie Izzard

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“Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know it's bold. It's out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background it's hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government.” — Newt Gingrich

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“My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims.” — Kevin Mitnick

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“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.” — Will Durant

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“That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support.” — Lysander Spooner

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“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” — John Adams

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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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“We have mountain of debt that isn't going away and all the problems are here to stay, and anybody who tells you that is a good thing ought to get out of the business of helping the government down the road.” — Rick Santelli

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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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“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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“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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“For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.” — Jonathan Swift

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