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" Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism. "

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" The government of India and the government of Jammu and Kashmir are determined to ensure that every Kashmiri lives with dignity having equal rights and equal opportunities. "

Pranab Mukherjee

" A government is for the benefit of all the people. "

William Howard Taft

" Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. "

Thurgood Marshall

" If our political leaders are to be always a lot of political merchants, they will supply any demand we may create. All we have to do is to establish a steady demand for good government. "

Lincoln Steffens

" The government that governs from afar absolutely requires that the truth and the facts reach its knowledge by every possible channel, so that it may weigh and estimate them better, and this need increases when a country like the Philippines is concerned, where the inhabitants speak and complain in a language unknown to the authorities. "

" I don't want to put words in Geithner's mouth, but I think he is generally against the revolving door of government officials taking jobs with companies that they have overseen or in roles that involve lobbying. At minimum, I'm pretty sure he felt that way about himself. "

Andrew Ross Sorkin

" The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people. "

William O. Douglas

" A limited government is much more likely to be a competent government. "

Limited Government

" The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under. "

" The greatest bulwark against an overreaching government, as tyrants know, is a religious population. That is because religious people form communities of interest adverse to government control of their lives; religious communities rely on their families and each other rather than an overarching government utilizing force. "

" Socialism has no moral justification whatsoever; poor people are not morally superior to rich people, nor are they owed anything by rich people simply because of their lack of success. Charity is not a socialist concept - it is a religious one, an acknowledgment of God's sovereignty over property, a sovereignty the Left utterly rejects. "

" For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. "

" Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. "

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

Albert Einstein

" We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area. "

" Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. "

" Let's make it simple: Government control means uniformity, regulation, fees, inspection, and yes, compliance. "

" The British Government very naturally would like to see in India the form of democratic constitutions it knows best and thinks best, under which the Government of the country is entrusted to one or other political party in accordance with the turn of elections. "

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

" Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable. "

" Inside North Korea, we have many informants and spies watching everyone; they're paid by the government. Even a husband and wife can't trust each other. "

" Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people. "

" Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln. "

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

Henry David Thoreau

" In many... cases, of course, the Arab Spring has brought about instability rather than greater stability. And rather than bringing about government that is more representative and more responsive to the people, you're seeing, frankly, the opposite, or you're seeing all-out war. "

" Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government. "

" Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them. "

Elizabeth Warren

" The happiness of society is the end of government. "

" I like to be involved in politics. I like to be involved in government. I've been in politics all my life. I would like to remain in government. I don't think that's so sinister. "

" I can't sit here and be a hypocrite and say I'm for limited government, but I think the government should decide what women do with their bodies. "

" 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. "