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" The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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" The bottom line is there are lots of problems that were not created by government. The biggest one is loss of middle class incomes, loss of good-paying jobs which was created by technology and globalization. Above all, when you can move a job to China or India, it reduces wages. "

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" Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue. "

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" It is only natural that for any statesman at the helm of any government the question of his country's security should be a concern of the utmost importance. "

" The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. "

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" The wealth of information now available at the click of a finger amazes me. "

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" It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. "

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" There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea. "

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" Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness. "

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" The laws given on Mount Sinai for the government of man and woman were equal; the precepts of Jesus make no distinction. "

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" I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap. "

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

" In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it. "

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" I and others of my sex find ourselves controlled by a form of government in the inauguration of which we had no voice. "

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" Since its inception, the government has broken and coerced treaties with hundreds of Native American tribes. And this is even worse when you realize that the native peoples of this land are negotiating for land that is, by all common sense and elementary school logic, their land. "

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