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" The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament. "

Vladimir Lenin

Government

Years

Decide

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" The Keynesian prescription for unemployment rests on the persistence of a 'money illusion' among workers, i.e., on the belief that while, through unions and government, they will keep money wage rates from falling, they will also accept a fall in real wage rates via higher prices. "

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

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" Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government. "

" When an American government takes on characteristics that elevate the state above the individual, it must be vigorously opposed as a form of, or step toward, tyranny. "

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" If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. "

" Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper. "

" A man's natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, or by millions; whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, (or by any other name indicating his true character,) or by millions, calling themselves a government. "

" Negative personal attacks have no place in public life and serve to erode public confidence in our basic institutions of government. "

" If an injustice requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the government machine. "

" Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Government

Best

" The first duty of a government is to maintain law and order so that the life, property, and religious beliefs of its subjects are fully protected by the State. "

" Our politicians are stupid. And the Mexican government is much smarter, much sharper, much more cunning. And they send the bad ones over because they don't want to pay for them. They don't want to take care of them. Why should they when the stupid leaders of the United States will do it for them? "

" Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people. "

" I think the people that we hire in government should be just as diverse as the communities we represent. "

Catherine Cortez-Masto

Government

Think

People

" Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement. "

" The U.S. government has in recent years fought what it termed wars against AIDs, drug abuse, poverty, illiteracy and terrorism. Each of those wars has budgets, legislation, offices, officials, letterhead - everything necessary in a bureaucracy to tell you something is real. "

" Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government. "

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" Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing. "

Ronald Reagan

Rights

Government

" Salt Lake City gave me a lot of surprises. How progressive the city actually is, for instance, compared to the rest of Utah - it's like this purple dot in a sea of red. And the government there is kind of a mix of conservative values and progressive ideas. "

" The U.S. needs legislation to protect the public's right to free speech and a free press, to protect it from the actions of the executive branch, and to promote the integrity and transparency of the U.S. government. "

" Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. "

" I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. "