“What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.”
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“This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.”
“Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.”
“By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.”
“The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!”
“We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.”
“The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.”
“When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.”
“The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.”
“When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.”
“We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.”
“We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.”
“Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.”
“Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.”
“I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.”
“To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.”
“We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.”
“I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government.”
“As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and cut federal taxes and he eliminated many regulations, but he also raised taxes when necessary.”
“The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense.”
“I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.”
“When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.”
“When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.”
“Though the people support the government the government should not support the people.”