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" Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government. "

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" 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

" I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the public's trust. "

" If you work for the federal government, the average salary is $7,000 higher than the private sector. Something's wrong with that, when you're making more money working for the government than you can working in the private sector. "

" You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government and its people. What we need to strive for is not perfection, but balance. "

" The art of government is the organisation of idolatry. "

George Bernard Shaw

" A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. "

" Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing. "

" The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land. "

" 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. "

" During intervals of humanity, some disposition has been manifested to permit the return of those who have never offended, who have been banished by a terror which the government itself has reprobated, & to permit in case of arrestation, an investigation of the fact of emigration as well as of the identity of the person accus'd. "

" It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you. "

" The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people. "

" If the women of the United States, with their free schools and all their enlarged liberties, are not superior to women brought up under monarchical forms of government, then there is no good in liberty. "

Anna Howard Shaw

" The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. "

Thomas Jefferson

" I am almost inclined to say that India will get Dominion Responsible Government the day the Hindus and Muslims are united. "

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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

" A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. "

" Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better. "

" Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper. "

" The U.S. government has in recent years fought what it termed wars against AIDs, drug abuse, poverty, illiteracy and terrorism. Each of those wars has budgets, legislation, offices, officials, letterhead - everything necessary in a bureaucracy to tell you something is real. "

" This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. "

" A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don't understand why it's the government's responsibility. "

" For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

" The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back. "

" A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves. "

Grover Cleveland

" I think governments can't do much. "

" For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best. "

" Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people. "

" The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes. "

Calvin Coolidge

" 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. "