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" A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed. "

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" From my father's point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who are given no real voice in the halls of justice or the halls of government. "

Thomas Steinbeck

" Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. "

" Government was intended to secure the rights and freedoms of the people; it wasn't intended to be all things to all people. "

" I can't marry my way into citizenship like straight people can. I can get married in the state of New York where I live, but because of the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government, which hands out visas, won't recognize my marriage. "

Jose Antonio Vargas

" The moment a large investor doesn't believe a government will pay back its debt when it says it will, a crisis of confidence could develop. Investors have scant patience for the years of good governance - politically fraught fiscal restructuring, austerity and debt rescheduling - it takes to defuse a sovereign-debt crisis. "

Andrew Ross Sorkin

" The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. "

Milton Friedman

" Americans no longer look to government for economic security; rather, they look to their portfolios. "

" We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government. "

William Howard Taft

" Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests. "

C. Wright Mills

" A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. "

" Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people. "

" I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. "

Thomas Jefferson

" A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people. "

" 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. "

" I don't think the federal government should be involved in making life work, right? I mean, the enumerated powers - the state level is fine. The local level's fine. But not - I do not want the federal government trying to make my life work. "

" The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. "

Abraham Lincoln

" To me, it was shocking that a government of men could look with such extreme contempt on a movement that was asking nothing except such a simple little thing as the right to vote. "

" My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do that. "

" A heck of a lot more accountability comes from individuals or the church doing it than the government, that signs off on helping people at 5 o'clock, because it comes from the heart, not from a badge or a mandate. "

" Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights. "

" A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years. "

" My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub. "

Grover Norquist

" The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. "

" Macroeconomics is the analysis of the economy as a whole, an examination of overall supply and demand. At the broadest level, macroeconomists want to understand why some countries grow faster than others and which government policies can help growth. "

" A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. "

" No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins 'we the people', not 'us the government'. "

" I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers. "

Michael Bloomberg

" Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. "

Henry David Thoreau

" The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once. "