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" I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less. "
Stephen Breyer
People
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Government
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" A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine in society, with an expectation to have our persons and properties defended against unreasonable exactions either at home or abroad. "
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" In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself. "
Alexander Hamilton
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" This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people. "
John Wycliffe
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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. "
Milton Friedman
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" No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government. "
Brad Henry
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" But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government. "
Ezra Stiles
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" A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward. "
Otto von Bismarck
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" I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government. "
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" Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better. "
Maria Cantwell
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Change
" I hope to help the Indian government advance their economic reform agenda, which will benefit India's citizens and the world. "
Henry Paulson
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" Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government. "
Mary Wollstonecraft
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" Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. "
Ronald Reagan
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" But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government. "
James Q. Wilson
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Government
Federal Government
" A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion. "
Hugo Black
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Union
Government
" I was opposed to the government mandating that restaurants not allow people to smoke, believing it becomes the customer's choice whether they go in or not. But then, I thought, 'What about the employees? Aren't they hostage to a smoking environment, even if they don't smoke?' "
Gary Johnson
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" I thought that that was an effort to inject a popular element, a democratic element into the selection of a person who, once he is selected and confirmed, is beyond electoral control. "
Stephen Breyer
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Beyond
Control
" To sit back and say, 'Oh, we're going to let the government do whatever they want, right or wrong,' is giving up. "
Michael Franti
Government
Say
Giving Up
" Government is essentially immoral. "
Herbert Spencer
Essentially
Immoral
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" The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech. "
Anthony Kennedy
Government
First Amendment
Speech
" My government, a government of national unity, will make all necessary structural reforms. "
Nicos Anastasiades
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Will
Unity
" A government of, by, and for the people requires that people talk to people, that we can agree to disagree but do so in civility. If we let the politicians and those who report dictate our discourse, then our course will be dictated. "
Donna Brazile
People
Will
Government
" Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government. "
Mackenzie King
Government
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Analysis
" The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract. "
Robert A. Heinlein
Universe
Never
Government
" It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting. "
Tom Stoppard
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" We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area. "
Manmohan Singh
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" Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. "
Milton Friedman
Only
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" The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling people. "
Milton Friedman
Work
Government
Free
" I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it. "
Andrew Jackson
Body
Government
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" 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. "
John Marshall
Humanity
Identity
Government
" The Keynesian prescription for unemployment rests on the persistence of a 'money illusion' among workers, i.e., on the belief that while, through unions and government, they will keep money wage rates from falling, they will also accept a fall in real wage rates via higher prices. "
Murray Rothbard
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Persistence
Money