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" Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. "

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" From the late 1940s, into and through the '50s, there developed a complex interaction between federal government, state and local government, real-estate interests, commercial interests and court decisions, which had the effect of undermining the mass transit system across the country. "

" The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine. "

" Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy's enemies have refined their instruments of repression. "

" If people can't expect their government to be honest and clean, they can't expect anything from it. "

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

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

" Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits. "

" Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense. "

" Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out? "

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" The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States. "

" Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. "

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" When private sector, government, social, and philanthropic leaders apply innovative partnerships and technologies to address social challenges and build sustainable communities, the impact is multiplied. "

" I'm perennially intrigued how people who lead largely evidence-based lives can, in a belief-based part of their mind, be certain that an invisible, divine entity created an entire universe just for us, or that the government is stockpiling space aliens in a secret desert location. "

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" The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing. "

Herbert Spencer

" Our politicians are stupid. And the Mexican government is much smarter, much sharper, much more cunning. And they send the bad ones over because they don't want to pay for them. They don't want to take care of them. Why should they when the stupid leaders of the United States will do it for them? "

" Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. "

" Salt Lake City gave me a lot of surprises. How progressive the city actually is, for instance, compared to the rest of Utah - it's like this purple dot in a sea of red. And the government there is kind of a mix of conservative values and progressive ideas. "

" The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country. "

" What we can do in Singapore may not be doable elsewhere. Some things you know you need: you want efficient government, you want clean government, you want to do away with corruption, you must educate your people. You want to get housing and so on. All these are not such secrets, not so special to Singapore. "

Lee Hsien Loong

" This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances. "

Checks And Balances

" The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech. "

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" But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret. "

" A people free to choose will always choose peace. "

" We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government. "

" Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

" Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root. "

" We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. "

" Every country has the government it deserves. "

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