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" I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.' "
Ann Richards
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" The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. "
Ludwig von Mises
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" We were American citizens. We were incarcerated by our American government in American internment camps here in the United States. The term 'Japanese internment camp' is both grammatically and factually incorrect. "
George Takei
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" Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison. "
Henry David Thoreau
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" 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. "
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" Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to. "
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" The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes. "
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" 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. "
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" Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. "
John Adams
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" The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years. "
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" The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion. "
Preston Manning
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" What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended. "
Barack Obama
" You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them. "
Justin Trudeau
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" Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism. "
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
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" Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. "
Albert Einstein
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Respect
" Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living. "
Harriet Tubman
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Time
" We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels. "
Henry A. Wallace
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" 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. "
Marco Rubio
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" If government were a product, selling it would be illegal. "
P. J. O'Rourke
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" I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government. "
Oliver Cromwell
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" Well, let me tell you, any conservative that's unhappy with George Bush warms my heart, in any way that they can wake up and smell the coffee would be really great. "
Ann Richards
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" So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion. "
Narendra Modi
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" Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty. "
Henry Knox
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" Ronald Reagan's vision of smaller government, less taxes, and a strong national defense has led to a prosperous America. As president, he rebuilt our military and reinvigorated our confidence in ourselves. "
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" Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry. "
Gary Johnson
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" I'm concerned about truth and credibility in government. "
George W. Romney
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" Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out? "
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" The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people. "
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" One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue. "
Jim Ryun
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" When an American government takes on characteristics that elevate the state above the individual, it must be vigorously opposed as a form of, or step toward, tyranny. "
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American