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" Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men. "

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" 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. "

" The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. "

" A limited government is much more likely to be a competent government. "

Limited Government

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

" The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind, it is necessary that every soul should be rightly and thoroughly instructed in regard to its nature and general characteristics. "

" Imagine a country that flies into space, launches Sputniks, creates such a defense system, and it can't resolve the problem of women's pantyhose. There's no toothpaste, no soap powder, not the basic necessities of life. It was incredible and humiliating to work in such a government. "

Mikhail Gorbachev

" 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. "

Working Together

" Now judicial review, beloved by conservatives, can, of course, fulfill the excellent function of declaring government interventions and tyrannies unconstitutional. But it can also validate and legitimize the government in the eyes of the people by declaring these actions valid and constitutional. "

Murray Rothbard

" Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. "

" In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations. "

" A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens. "

" If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth. "

" Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it. "

" I think that most people who complain about our government have no idea what they're talking about because they've never been to a country with a bad government. "

" The intelligence community is governed by the same legal and ethical standards as the rest of American government and society, but an operational imperative is here, too. An intelligence community charged with global responsibilities cannot be successful without diversity of thought, culture and language. "

" Government was intended to secure the rights and freedoms of the people; it wasn't intended to be all things to all people. "

" The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back. "

" The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act. "

" We are a very big and vast Government, and naturally, every ministry is becoming bigger and bigger. It becomes, therefore, essential that there should be proper coordination. "

Lal Bahadur Shastri

" Americans are fed up with how things are going in the country right now. They see more job losses, rising debt and plummeting home sales. They feel let down by a government that passes one 2,000-page, trillion-dollar law after another instead of focusing on addressing the problems Americans worry about every day. "

" My government, a government of national unity, will make all necessary structural reforms. "

Nicos Anastasiades

" Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind. "

" Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism. "

" The role of the church and the government are fundamentally different. The church must always show compassion - always. "

" My personal code of conduct and compliance with a wide range of government ethics provisions have ensured that I have maintained ethical standards. "

Michael Madigan

" When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. "

" Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I still managed to screw up plenty in life, mind you, but in the things I really cared about - the legal work, or the stories I was telling as a writer, or the office I built in government - I wasn't left a lot of margin for error. It's kept me driven. "

" You don't pay taxes - they take taxes. "

" The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise. "

" Republican liberty depends on citizen participation, on a government that is of, for, and by the people. "