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" Everyone calls me Bruno; they don't ever call me Peter - that was just my government name. "

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" 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. "

" Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government. "

William Lyon Mackenzie King

" American government is like a train on a track. You have the people on the left shouting; you have the people on the right. But the train's on track. They just keep ploughing ahead. "

" Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people. "

William McKinley

" Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights. "

Leland Stanford

" You don't pay taxes - they take taxes. "

" We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo. "

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

Albert Einstein

" Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people. "

" I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government. "

" It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. "

Winston Churchill

" I don't like two stories. I like one story. I never grew up with stairs. I like to stick to what I know. "

" Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. "

" We really need a public-interest government that is not taking marching orders from the fossil-fuel industry and the banks and the war profiteers. We really need a government that is acting on our behalf. "

" History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is. "

Thomas Jefferson

" When we embraced social media, we took more control of the Newark narrative. We increased responsiveness toward residents. We drew more of our constituents in to participate in government and improve our cities. "

" A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets has no charm for me. If the Union is dissolved and government disrupted, I shall return to my native state and share the miseries of my people, and save in defense will draw my sword on none. "

" 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

" There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do. "

" When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility. "

" If taxation without consent is robbery, the United States government has never had, has not now, and is never likely to have, a single honest dollar in its treasury. If taxation without consent is not robbery, then any band of robbers have only to declare themselves a government, and all their robberies are legalized. "

Lysander Spooner

" Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation's ability to protect its borders. "

" A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it. "

" The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them. "

Cullen Hightower

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

" You have six of the ten wealthiest counties in America surround Washington, D.C., and the poor and middle class are getting squeezed while people at the top and people with influence in government seem always to be doing better. "

" The Pledge clearly acknowledges the fact that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government. "

Jay Alan Sekulow

" Parliament of the country is the repository of the sovereign will of the people, and its successful functioning is a joint responsibility of both the government and the Opposition. "

" 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. "

" 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. "