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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. "

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" Because of my upbringing, I believe in things like limited government, fiscal responsibility and personal accountability. I believe in the wisdom of our founders and the sanctity of our Constitution. "

John Thune

Responsibility

Government

Wisdom

" Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. "

" The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state. "

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

" The definition of an extreme authoritarian is one who is willing blindly to assume that government accusations are true without any evidence presented or opportunity to contest those accusations. "

" If the Chinese will not learn the true principles of government, all else will be useless. Knowledge is power, and although a country may be weak, still, if it possess but a modicum of knowledge, the enemy will not be able to completely overthrow it; although that country may be in danger, the race will not be extirpated. "

" The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders. "

" Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate. "

" Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. "

" The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse! "

" 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?' "

" We really need a public-interest government that is not taking marching orders from the fossil-fuel industry and the banks and the war profiteers. We really need a government that is acting on our behalf. "

" 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. "

" There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. "

" Socialism means slavery. "

" I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government. "

" Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. "

" The first duty of a government is to maintain law and order so that the life, property, and religious beliefs of its subjects are fully protected by the State. "

" In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stripping power from the courts, I believe we should follow the process prescribed in our Constitution - consideration of a Constitutional amendment. "

" The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free economic system - at least not in the way that is claimed. The same is true of the roads, of course. "

" To me, it was shocking that a government of men could look with such extreme contempt on a movement that was asking nothing except such a simple little thing as the right to vote. "

" Individual people shouldn't be fearful, because by and large our government, the federal government - people always talk; obviously, they don't trust the feds, whatever. The federal government and local communities have done a pretty good job at keeping us safe. "

" Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it. "

" Real government is about looking beyond the vested to the national interest, setting up the necessary conditions to enable the next, more enabled and more empowered generation to achieve a country as prosperous, a people as content, as ours deserve to be. "

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Government

People

Generation

" 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. "

" Let us be bold. Let us be brave. Let us be together. "

Brad Henry

Be Brave

Bold

" So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel! "

" The government that governs from afar absolutely requires that the truth and the facts reach its knowledge by every possible channel, so that it may weigh and estimate them better, and this need increases when a country like the Philippines is concerned, where the inhabitants speak and complain in a language unknown to the authorities. "

" Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans value our heroes, our veterans. Oklahomans value innovation and the creative arts. "

" This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. "