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" People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income. "

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" No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! "

" I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. "

" A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. "

" Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. "

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

" Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life's savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all. "

" The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread. "

" Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails. "

" This election presents a stark choice - we can continue down the road of the Obama Democrats, more and more spending, debt and government control of the economy, or we can return to the founding principles of our nation - free markets, fiscal responsibility and individual liberty. "

" The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine. "

" Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have. "

" The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts. "

Victor Mitchell

" The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion. "

" Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. "

" A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. "

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

Thomas Jefferson

" Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights. "

" There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. "

" You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them. "

" Democracy passes into despotism. "

" My message to everyone: the next time you hear about migrant children near the border, just picture them as your own. Then think what you would want our government to do. "

" Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government. "

Milton Friedman

" Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles; elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them. "

" As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States. "

" I thought the irreducible requirements of Republicanism were being for life, small government, and a strong national defense. "

" 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. "

" There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. "

" It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting. "

" Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls. "

" Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. "

Milton Friedman