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" By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more. "

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" The world is not going to be saved by legislation. "

William Howard Taft

" The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together. "

" Tourism is a top priority activity for federal government, which is why it invests an average of over 2,500 million dollars a year in infrastructure works and integral projects that promote Mexico's culture and natural attractions. "

" But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with. "

Jonathan Mayhew

" If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. "

Thomas Jefferson

" The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. "

" Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. "

Sydney J. Harris

" For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week. "

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

" It is our job to work for the government of the day and so that means working for Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, and we need to do those preparations just to be sure that we're ready for whoever you, the British public, elect and that's core to our civil service values over the last 150 years. "

" Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have. "

" Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down. "

" 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. "

" If you want to believe that the government's coming for our guns or that being gay is a choice and a sin or that ObamaCare signals the end of civilization or that cutting taxes for rich people is the path to a better America, that's your choice. I'm never going to believe in any of that. "

" Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. "

Albert Einstein

" It's a wonderful feeling to work in a country where the government's first concern is for its people, for all its people. "

" 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. "

" Every country has the government it deserves. "

Joseph de Maistre

" How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. "

" All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. "

William Henry Harrison

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

" One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves. "

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

" Somewhere along the line, the actions of this government are the actions of me. "

" In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations. "

" For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

" The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting. "

William J. Brennan, Jr.

" The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. "

" I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government. "

" I think the people should have a right to boycott whoever they want to boycott without the government making them into criminals and try to protect corporations from people. They should protect people from corporations. "