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" An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. "
Confucius
Than
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" I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand. "
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Know
Remember
" The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. "
Geronimo
Soldiers
Government
Explained
" As elected officials, we were sent to the halls of government by our neighbors to do their work - and much work needs to be done. Remembering our shared experiences with the people we represent makes us better and more accountable civil servants. "
Amy Klobuchar
Work
People
Government
" Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate. "
John Podhoretz
Love
Government
Most
" I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. "
Confucius
Remember
Brainy
Forget
" If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth. "
George Osborne
Spending
Will
Get
" It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them. "
Confucius
Our
More
Friendship
" The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name. "
Bill Gates
Name
Immigrants
Government
" Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation's ability to protect its borders. "
Bob Barr
Foundation
Government
People
" Subsidies and mandates are just two of the privileges that government can bestow on politically connected friends. Others include grants, loans, tax credits, favorable regulations, bailouts, loan guarantees, targeted tax breaks and no-bid contracts. "
Charles Koch
Government
Others
Connected
" Voters did say 'repeal health care', they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from the tea party or anywhere said 'give tax breaks to the wealthiest.' "
Chuck Schumer
Care
Health
Tea
" Unlike uranium, plutonium was created in an American lab in 1940, but scientists soon realized that it could produce even wilder chain reactions and even bigger explosions. In fact, fearing another country would create it, too, the American government went to great lengths to keep even the existence of plutonium a secret. "
Sam Kean
Great
Government
American
" If you work for the federal government, the average salary is $7,000 higher than the private sector. Something's wrong with that, when you're making more money working for the government than you can working in the private sector. "
Jesse Ventura
Government
Work
Money
" Our government and its social policies, its tax breaks, the way school days work, so much of the country we live in is built for married couples with a male breadwinner and a female domestic laborer. Government needs to be massively altered in order to serve this population. "
Rebecca Traister
Government
Live
School
" History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior. "
Vladimir Putin
Government
History
Only
" I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government. "
Lloyd Bentsen
Community
Government
Learning
" A man's natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, or by millions; whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, (or by any other name indicating his true character,) or by millions, calling themselves a government. "
Lysander Spooner
Name
Man
Character
" Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. "
James Madison
Religion
Purity
Government
" To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. "
Confucius
Generosity
Soul
Practice
" The American people deserve truthfulness, not more political campaigning. The American people deserve a responsible government that seeks to address their needs, not more ideological dogma. "
Jose Serrano
Government
People
Political
" Government has to be cut back like asparagus... every day... or it gets away and goes to seed. Ours did. When there's too much of it, the flower becomes a weed. "
Paul Harvey
Day
Seed
Government
" The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition. "
John Acton
Government
Democracy
People
" It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. "
Alexander Hamilton
Desire
Tyranny
Government
" I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving. "
Robert E. Lee
Government
Eat
Congress
" I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less. "
Stephen Breyer
People
Good
Government
" It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business. "
Herbert Hoover
Important
Government
Business
" We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens. "
Ted Cruz
Need
Privacy
Government
" They're after one world religion and one world government. That's why they've attacked the Catholic Church so strongly, to ultimately take control over it by their doctrine. "
Hutton Gibson
World
Religion
Government
" I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people. "
Phil Crane
Security
Government
People
" To see the right and not to do it is cowardice. "
Confucius
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Cowardice