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" I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local government. "
Heather Brooke
People
Good
America
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" The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. "
Geronimo
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" It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance. "
Eisaku Sato
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" Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. "
Ronald Reagan
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" I consider anybody a twerp who hasn't read 'Democracy in America' by Alexis de Tocqueville. There can never be a better book than that one on the strengths and vulnerabilities inherent in our form of government. "
Kurt Vonnegut
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" While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile. "
Madeleine Albright
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" If men were angels, no government would be necessary. "
James Madison
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" Lets tell young people the best books are yet to written; the best painting, the best government the best of everything is yet to be done by them. "
John Erskine
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" I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap. "
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
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" In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it. "
Abraham Lincoln
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" It used to cost money to disclose and distribute information. In the digital age it costs money not to. "
Heather Brooke
Used
Money
Information
" My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims. "
Kevin Mitnick
Actions
Pure
Government
" A government is for the benefit of all the people. "
William Howard Taft
People
Benefit
Government
" Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the government did something, compared to what actually happened when the government did nothing. "
Thomas Sowell
Data
Cry
Nothing
" Our politicians are stupid. And the Mexican government is much smarter, much sharper, much more cunning. And they send the bad ones over because they don't want to pay for them. They don't want to take care of them. Why should they when the stupid leaders of the United States will do it for them? "
Donald Trump
Care
Stupid
Government
" Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule. "
Edward Gibbon
Monarchy
Present
World
" There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that limit government. Government is the enemy of liberty. Government should be very restrained. "
Ron Paul
Constitution
Enemy
Liberty
" The world will not accept dictatorship or domination. "
Mikhail Gorbachev
Dictatorship
World
Government
" From the first moment of independence, the United States has been dedicated to innovation as a way of government and a way of life. "
Robert Kennedy
Government
Life
Moment
" I pass over the toil and suffering and danger which attended the redemption and cultivation of their lands by the colonists, and turn to their civil condition and to the conduct and history of the government. "
William H. Wharton
History
Suffering
Government
" The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders. "
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Kind
Government
Responsibility
" Our government is deeply disordered; its credit is impaired; its debt increasing; its expenditures extravagant and wasteful; its disbursements without efficient accountability; and its taxes (for duties are but taxes) enormous, unequal, and oppressive to the great producing classes of the country. "
John C. Calhoun
Accountability
Great
Government
" Netscape was able to get the government working on its behalf. "
Bill Gates
Get
Government
Netscape
" Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there. "
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You
Government
Good
" The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment. "
David Mamet
Greed
Peace
Evil
" U.S. Government propaganda tries to give the impression that aerial bombardment achieves near-surgical accuracy, so that military targets can be destroyed with minimal effect on civilians. Technical documents give a different picture. "
Noam Chomsky
Accuracy
Government
Military
" When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials and help prevent recurrence; the 'Waco hearings,' conducted over a two-week period in 1995, stand as an example of such an undertaking. "
Bob Barr
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Help
" The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion. "
Lewis Mumford
Think
Government
Opinion
" Americans don't know the Constitution. More than half of those surveyed can't name any of the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment. Only a quarter can name all three branches of government. "
Elizabeth Flock
Know
Name
Constitution
" The government can't create jobs; they'll destroy jobs trying to do it. The government doesn't have any money; all they have is a printing press. We need to free markets to create jobs; if the government wants to help, they should reduce their burden on the economy. "
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