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" Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. "

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" I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life. "

" I think that most people who complain about our government have no idea what they're talking about because they've never been to a country with a bad government. "

" Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. "

George Washington

" What we can do in Singapore may not be doable elsewhere. Some things you know you need: you want efficient government, you want clean government, you want to do away with corruption, you must educate your people. You want to get housing and so on. All these are not such secrets, not so special to Singapore. "

Lee Hsien Loong

" It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it. "

George Washington

" We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas. "

" Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government. "

" A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens. "

" To me, democratic socialism means democracy. It means creating a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthiest people in the country. "

" I hope to help the Indian government advance their economic reform agenda, which will benefit India's citizens and the world. "

" Government was intended to secure the rights and freedoms of the people; it wasn't intended to be all things to all people. "

" I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world. "

" We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. "

Wendell Phillips

" Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles; elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them. "

" If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public. "

" That government is best which governs least. "

Henry David Thoreau

" Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. "

" 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

" The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. "

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

George Bernard Shaw

" I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come. "

" 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. "

" He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. "

" Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint. "

Alexander Hamilton

" I'm concerned about truth and credibility in government. "

George W. Romney

" One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The approval of the U.S. government, fully elected, is 19 percent. Well, we elected these people and they didn't elect those people. Isn't it supposed to be different? Aren't we supposed to like the people that we elected? "

" As families and small businesses alike are tightening their belts to account for the worsening economy, they have every right to ask: 'Why isn't my government doing the same?' "

" 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

" The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. "

" The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including media, non-governmental organisations and the public. "