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

George Bernard Shaw

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" We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs. "

Alan Dershowitz

" Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him. "

George Bernard Shaw

" The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot of rich, pious hypocrites who want to share only enough to avoid widespread starvation, mob violence, and government seizure of more of their incomes. "

" No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will. "

Thomas Jefferson

" Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off. "

" Before the trip began we mapped out three primary goals: 1) to see and meet with our American troops, and thank them for their bravery and sacrifice; 2) to assess the security situation in Iraq; and 3) to give our support to Iraq's national unity government. "

" The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me. "

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" 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. "

" I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality. "

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" Good government is one of the most important factors in economic growth and social well-being. "

" The Obama administration came into Utah and said, 'We're not going to listen to what the U.S. Supreme Court said. 'We, the federal government, are going to recognize marriages in the state of Utah and Utah state law explicitly does not recognize as marriage,' and that was really, in my view, an abuse of power. "

" Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. "

George Bernard Shaw

" I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it. "

Alexander Woollcott

" We need a government that does not give in to a globalist agenda, an agenda I am now convinced seeks to bring American as a sovereign nation and the middle class to their knees. "

" A man never tells you anything until you contradict him. "

George Bernard Shaw

" 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 golden rule is that there are no golden rules. "

George Bernard Shaw

" What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people. January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Everyone is listening to you now. "

" 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. "

" Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. "

" Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. "

Henry David Thoreau

" It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States. "

" The idea that more taxes and more government spending is the best way to help hardworking middle class taxpayers - that's an old idea that's failed every time it's been tried. "

" The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived. "

" 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 truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor. "

George Bernard Shaw

" I can recall back in 1998, in August of that year, when we had a horrible disaster along the Mexican border in the town of Del Rio. At the time, FEMA was the shining star of the federal government. It's now perceived as many to be the dullest knife in the drawer. Right or wrong, that's the perception. "

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

Henry A. Wallace

" 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. "