“That's the definition of 'success' for the modern Democrat Party. As many people dependent on government as possible is the objective.”
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“Every country has the government it deserves.”
“Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government, they assume that its might makes it right.”
“Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else.”
“There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.”
“You could afford your house without the government if it weren't for the government.”
“Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government.”
“I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed.”
“Government stimulates the democrat party.”
“We are witnessing an enormous shift of collective consciousness throughout the world. We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.”
“Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.”
“The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.”
“If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.”
“I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time.”
“I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come.”
“The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.”
“It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.”
“But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.”
“Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.”
“I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.”
“The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should not support the people.”
“Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longer run higher levels of government spending crowd out private investment or require higher taxes that weaken growth by reducing incentives to save, invest, innovate, and work.”
“Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.”
“Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.”