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" I stand today on this floor to appeal for protection from the strong arm of the government for her loyal children, irrespective of color and race, who are citizens of the southern states, and particularly of the State of Georgia. "

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" 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

Reason

Justice

Why

" In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. "

" War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. "

" Under the rule of law, if the government wants to prevent firms from outsourcing and offshoring, it enacts legislation and adopts regulations to create the appropriate incentives and discourage undesirable behaviour. It does not bully or threaten particular firms or portray traumatised refugees as a security threat. "

" Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Alien

Democracy

Government

" The people of the North owe to the colored race a deep obligation that is no easy matter to fulfill. "

" The government is promoting bad behavior. "

" Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well. "

" Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves. "

Ronald Reagan

Beyond

Government

" I maintain that the past record of my race is a true index of the feelings which today animate them. They bear toward their former masters no revengeful thoughts, no hatreds, no animosities. They aim not to elevate themselves by sacrificing one single interest of their white fellow-citizens. "

" The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity. "

" All government wars are unjust. "

" No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor. "

" If you work for the federal government, the average salary is $7,000 higher than the private sector. Something's wrong with that, when you're making more money working for the government than you can working in the private sector. "

" Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government. "

" Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism. "

" A heck of a lot more accountability comes from individuals or the church doing it than the government, that signs off on helping people at 5 o'clock, because it comes from the heart, not from a badge or a mandate. "

" I shall never forget the despair and agony on the parents' faces on the awful day of the funeral when the 13 little children, victims not only of John D. Rockefeller, but of the government of the state of Colorado were buried. "

" 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? "

" The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision. "

" No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will. "

" It's a wonderful feeling to work in a country where the government's first concern is for its people, for all its people. "

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

" A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. "

" The British Government very naturally would like to see in India the form of democratic constitutions it knows best and thinks best, under which the Government of the country is entrusted to one or other political party in accordance with the turn of elections. "

" While I appreciated the educational advantages I enjoyed in the school and was proud of what I could show in mental culture, I had an earnest desire for something more than a mere business education... I desired to study for a profession, and this prompted me to leave my native state. "

Hiram Rhodes Revels

Culture

Education

" The laws given on Mount Sinai for the government of man and woman were equal; the precepts of Jesus make no distinction. "

" The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Best

Govern

Ourselves

" I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. "

" The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much. "