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" The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality. "

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" You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen. "

" 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. "

" In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. "

" Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. "

" Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it. "

" A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government. "

" Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government. "

Mary Wollstonecraft

" If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. "

Milton Friedman

" Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. "

" My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims. "

" Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. "

Milton Friedman

" 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. "

" Democracy passes into despotism. "

" The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit. "

" The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership. "

" 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

" The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. "

Milton Friedman

" The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection. "

" There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. "

" Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it. "

Cullen Hightower

" Optimism is the ultimate definition of a leader. A leader has to look optimistically at what is ahead while not ignoring the challenges that must be overcome. Those challenges are in government, politics, world leadership, and even in community life. "

" We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another. "

Richard M. Nixon

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

Barry Goldwater

" I try to put myself in others' shoes: How does any country give up any sovereignty and expect to survive as a government? I don't think that any Philippine president, or any leader for that matter, can afford to give up any portion of territorial sovereignty. That would be political suicide. "

Benigno Aquino III

" 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

" Like any young person who gets into a political campaign, I joined out of a highfalutin' desire to change the world. But you start to see the sort of tactics people use. You start to see politics not only in the macro but in the micro of the campaign itself. Some people get turned off by this side of it. Other people are drawn to it. "

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" Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination. "

" No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins 'we the people', not 'us the government'. "

" 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. "

" Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. "

Theodore Roosevelt