“The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No nation, no entity, large or small, public or private, can thrive, or survive intact, with debts as huge as ours.”
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“Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.”
“All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.”
“The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies.”
“Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.”
“Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.”
“Many health care providers, particularly physicians in rural and urban areas, are leaving the Government programs because of inadequate reimbursement rates.”
“It is unclear exactly how many law enforcement agencies are currently using this capability, but it is reasonable to say that while resource limitations used to discourage the government from tracking you without a good reason, these constraints have largely disappeared.”
“If the government fails to listen to your demands, then you will decide what is best for you.”
“If it does not serve the Iraqi people, there are only political means that must be followed to reform the government - a new government that we must give a chance to prove that it is there to serve the people.”
“Open the way before the new government to prove that it is for serving the people.”
“We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.”
“The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.”
“I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day.”
“I don't want the chair of the government because it will be controlled by the U.S. and I don't want to be controlled by the U.S.”
“Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.”
“I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause.”
“I'm against big bureaucracy in Washington making health care decisions. I just have an aversion to bureaucrats. But it's not just government bureaucrats. I don't like HMO bureaucrats and insurance company bureaucrats either.”
“I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.”
“Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.”
“There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can't possibly all be served by government.”
“I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.”
“Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.”
“Love is by far bigger than the government can ever be.”