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" Conservatives want smaller government. They want to focus on market-based solutions wherever one can. They want to have as little regulation as possible. But in general, they recognize that government must play an important role for a society to operate. "

Norman Ornstein

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" The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts. "

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" In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. "

" You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one. "

" There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. "

" Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. "

" As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press. "

" Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. "

" The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way. "

" Democracy passes into despotism. "

" 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. "

" The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism. "

" The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private sector, still strive to work in the same direction; this is why the Thai nation still stands. "

" If men were angels, no government would be necessary. "

" We are an important check on the powers of the executive. Our consent is necessary for the president to appoint jurists and powerful government officials and, in many respects, to conduct foreign policy. Whether we are of the same party, we are not the president's subordinates. We are his equal! "

" In September 2008, the two largest housing mortgage companies called Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were government-sponsored enterprises, which hold hundreds of billions of dollars of mortgages, because of the losses they took on the mortgages, they essentially became insolvent, and the government had to take them over. "

" We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels. "

" We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. "

" Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. "

" Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it. "

" The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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" When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself. "

" I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more. "

" There's an inverse relationship between the size and scope of government and the health of our free-market economy. "

" We were American citizens. We were incarcerated by our American government in American internment camps here in the United States. The term 'Japanese internment camp' is both grammatically and factually incorrect. "

" 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. "

" SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete. "

" A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad. "

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

" I like being a foreigner. For me, to live in California is very pleasant - I'm more comfortable not feeling a part of everything, not feeling responsible for the government or the roads or the health system. "

" This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. "