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" I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. "

Thomas Jefferson

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" We, as citizens, are the true owners of government. "

" It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. "

Hubert H. Humphrey

" Voters quickly forget what a man says. "

Richard M. Nixon

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. "

" If taxes and government spending are both slashed, then the salutary result will be to lower the parasitic burden of government taxes and spending upon the productive activities of the private sector. "

Murray Rothbard

" 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. "

" The federal government has never created one job that is sustainable long term. It creates government project work but not creating real work where people are. "

" If you win elections on the theory that government is always bad and will mess up a two-car parade... a real change-maker represents a real threat. So your only option is to create a cartoon, a cartoon alternative, then run against the cartoon. Cartoons are two-dimensional; they're easy to absorb. "

William J. Clinton

" There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. "

Thomas Jefferson

" I think governments can't do much. "

" We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it. "

George Farquhar

" Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. "

Thomas Jefferson

" The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. "

" New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush. "

" To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates. "

Arnold Schwarzenegger

" We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must have access to information for informed debate. Government institutions must treat citizens fairly, and with dignity, while responding to their needs. "

Atifete Jahjaga

" Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. "

George Bernard Shaw

" I try to put myself in others' shoes: How does any country give up any sovereignty and expect to survive as a government? I don't think that any Philippine president, or any leader for that matter, can afford to give up any portion of territorial sovereignty. That would be political suicide. "

Benigno Aquino III

" The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. "

" We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online. "

" I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal. "

John Maynard Keynes

" Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. "

Adrian Cronauer

" It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape. "

Thomas Jefferson

" Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation. "

" The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money. "

Thomas Jefferson

" Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government. "

Thomas Jefferson

" Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. "

Thomas Jefferson

" I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people. "