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" Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. "

Theodore Roosevelt

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" Everywhere you look for comparisons of life under anarchy and life under government, life under government is less violent. "

" As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States. "

" 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.' "

" The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. "

" It is only when there is the supervision and critical oversight from the people that the government will be in a position to do an even better job, and employees of government departments will be the true public servants of the people. "

" The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending. "

" 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

" I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local government. "

" Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement. "

Theodore Roosevelt

" The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought. "

Martin Van Buren

" If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth. "

" I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government. The one thing that's missing, but that will soon be developed, is a reliable e-cash - a method whereby on the Internet you can transfer funds from A to B without A knowing B or B knowing A. "

Milton Friedman

" The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government. "

Barry Goldwater

" The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government. "

Henry Ward Beecher

" Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. "

George Bernard Shaw

" The bottom line is there are lots of problems that were not created by government. The biggest one is loss of middle class incomes, loss of good-paying jobs which was created by technology and globalization. Above all, when you can move a job to China or India, it reduces wages. "

" 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. "

" Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. "

" The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling people. "

Milton Friedman

" I think in the end the big issue is that the private sector still needs more help. And the answer is not more big government. I know in my state our reforms allowed us to protect firefighters, police officers, and teachers. "

" Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. "

" That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one. "

Abraham Lincoln

" If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome? "

" There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do. "

" As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you're screwed. "

" 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. "

" I pass over the toil and suffering and danger which attended the redemption and cultivation of their lands by the colonists, and turn to their civil condition and to the conduct and history of the government. "

William H. Wharton

" I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government. "

" Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government. "

" The federal government spends millions to run the Postal Service. I could lose your mail for half of that. "