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" Government is essentially immoral. "

Herbert Spencer

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" Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men. "

" Imagine a country that flies into space, launches Sputniks, creates such a defense system, and it can't resolve the problem of women's pantyhose. There's no toothpaste, no soap powder, not the basic necessities of life. It was incredible and humiliating to work in such a government. "

Mikhail Gorbachev

" My role at Lockheed Martin puts me in contact with extraordinary leaders in many fields - from science and engineering to philanthropy and government. And since we also work closely with our nation's armed forces, we tend to reflect a lot on leadership and how we can inspire successful teamwork, cooperation, and partnerships. "

Marillyn Hewson

" 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. "

" Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. "

Albert Einstein

" It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. "

" Government is a collective unity. There is no decision by cabinet which can be attributed to one individual. "

Emmerson Mnangagwa

" What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press. "

" Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate. "

" We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions, conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty, than any of which the history of former times tells us. "

Abraham Lincoln

" As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen back on a standard pretext for war crimes when all else fails: the credibility of the threats of the self-designated policeman of the world. "

" 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. "

" There was no measure that required greater caution or more severe scrutiny than one to impose taxes or raise a loan, be the form what it may. I hold that government has no right to do either, except when the public service makes it imperiously necessary, and then only to the extent that it requires. "

John C. Calhoun

" My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do that. "

" The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. "

" Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more. "

" Under the rule of law, if the government wants to prevent firms from outsourcing and offshoring, it enacts legislation and adopts regulations to create the appropriate incentives and discourage undesirable behaviour. It does not bully or threaten particular firms or portray traumatised refugees as a security threat. "

Joseph Stiglitz

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference. "

Thomas Jefferson

" The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. "

Hubert H. Humphrey

" In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

" A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion. "

" National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government. "

" The roof cannot collapse when the value pillars of government and society are sound and strong. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

" Only in South Africa could you have a change in government without civil war. If there wasn't the depth of love and caring among our people, this would not have happened. "

Patrice Motsepe

" The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act. "

" It is only when there is the supervision and critical oversight from the people that the government will be in a position to do an even better job, and employees of government departments will be the true public servants of the people. "

" The American people deserve truthfulness, not more political campaigning. The American people deserve a responsible government that seeks to address their needs, not more ideological dogma. "