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" Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule. "

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" When we embraced social media, we took more control of the Newark narrative. We increased responsiveness toward residents. We drew more of our constituents in to participate in government and improve our cities. "

" The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that. "

" It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free. "

Thomas Clarkson

" Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. "

" If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'? "

" When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives. "

Robert A. Heinlein

" When private sector, government, social, and philanthropic leaders apply innovative partnerships and technologies to address social challenges and build sustainable communities, the impact is multiplied. "

" If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted. "

Abraham Lincoln

" In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

" You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there. "

" Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners. "

Dirk Kempthorne

" I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could. "

Kay Bailey Hutchison

" Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us. "

" Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it. "

" A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets has no charm for me. If the Union is dissolved and government disrupted, I shall return to my native state and share the miseries of my people, and save in defense will draw my sword on none. "

" 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. "

" When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. "

" 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. "

" One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it. "

" While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago. "

" Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it. "

" Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated. "

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

" Democracy passes into despotism. "

" The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land. "

" This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people. "

" 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. "

Glenn Greenwald

" I'm a conservative who likes small government and lower taxes. "