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" The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion. "

John Paul Stevens

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" But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist. "

Lysander Spooner

" The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy. "

Milton Friedman

" War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. "

" Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry. "

" Too many Mainers are dependent on government handouts. Government dependency has not - and never will - create prosperity. "

" I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.' "

" When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials and help prevent recurrence; the 'Waco hearings,' conducted over a two-week period in 1995, stand as an example of such an undertaking. "

" The speed with which we in the Congress are going down is sometimes frightening. Government administration in the districts is rapidly reaching a low level. No strong opposition party has been able to emerge. "

Lal Bahadur Shastri

" Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub. "

Grover Norquist

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

" I was a history and government major at Ohio State University, and I've spent a lot of time just fiddling around with who the next president's going to be, over the years, or who would I like to see in that job, or whatever. And I've come to believe, without any reservation, in this era, the best-prepared person for this job by far is Donald Trump. "

" Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong. "

" Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. "

" We can only imagine what would happen to our health care and to the quality of our health care here in North Dakota if we took the federal government out of health care. "

" Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending. "

" 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. "

" Voters did say 'repeal health care', they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from the tea party or anywhere said 'give tax breaks to the wealthiest.' "

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

" Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule. "

" 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. "

" We must work toward cyber doctrine that reflects the wisdom of free markets, private competition, and the important but limited role of government in establishing and enforcing the rule of law, honoring the rights of personal property, the benefits of free and fair trade, and the fundamental principles of liberty. "

" The Ethiopian government's use of the railway from Djibouti to Addis Ababa was, in practice, a hazardous regards transport of arms intended for the Ethiopian forces. "

" For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. "

" All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. "

" The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much. "

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

Victor Mitchell

" It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written. "

John Paul Stevens

" And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together. "

" For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best. "

" Lets tell young people the best books are yet to written; the best painting, the best government the best of everything is yet to be done by them. "