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" So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done. "

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" Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House. "

Louise Slaughter

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Values

Integrity

" It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for. "

" 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. "

" I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government. "

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

" The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse. "

" It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you. "

" There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people. "

Ray Bradbury

" Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better. "

" There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that limit government. Government is the enemy of liberty. Government should be very restrained. "

" He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it. "

" In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home. "

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

" Prior to email, our private correspondence was secured by a government institution called the postal service. Today, we trust AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, or Gmail with our private utterances. "

John Battelle

Trust

Today

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

" The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes. "

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

" I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. "

" Only in South Africa could you have a change in government without civil war. If there wasn't the depth of love and caring among our people, this would not have happened. "

" We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. "

" It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. "

" The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. "

" A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don't understand why it's the government's responsibility. "

" If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government. "

" Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government. "

" Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government agency. "

" It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet. "

" When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same. "

" The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. "

" Well, no one gives aid to Zimbabwe through the Mugabe government. "