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" The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money. "

Margaret Thatcher

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" I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say. "

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" Democracy must learn to defend itself. "

Mikhail Gorbachev

" An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. "

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

" Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all. "

Charles B. Rangel

" The government argues that First Amendment rights are outweighed by the need to prosecute those who transmit classified information and documents. "

" I think the federal government should be doing only what the Constitution says it should be. We don't have authority under the federal Constitution to have a big federal criminal justice system. "

" Teachers, social workers, public lawyers who bring companies to justice, government accountants who try to make sure money is spent as it should be - all need at least four years of college. "

" Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't. "

Margaret Thatcher

" The American government will be whatever we all make of it. "

" The honest man might observe... that no one gets something for nothing; that politicians go in poor and go out rich; that the Government screws up everything it touches; and that the Will to Believe is best confined to the Religious Venue, as to practice it elsewhere is just too damned expensive. "

" I'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us. "

" The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot of rich, pious hypocrites who want to share only enough to avoid widespread starvation, mob violence, and government seizure of more of their incomes. "

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

" Let's make it simple: Government control means uniformity, regulation, fees, inspection, and yes, compliance. "

" There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. "

" There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it. "

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" The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech. "

Anthony Kennedy

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" Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations. "

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" We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation of everything. That country is become a great, mighty, and splendid nation; not because their government is strong and energetic, but, sir, because liberty is its direct end and foundation. "

" The Obama administration came into Utah and said, 'We're not going to listen to what the U.S. Supreme Court said. 'We, the federal government, are going to recognize marriages in the state of Utah and Utah state law explicitly does not recognize as marriage,' and that was really, in my view, an abuse of power. "

" I was opposed to the government mandating that restaurants not allow people to smoke, believing it becomes the customer's choice whether they go in or not. But then, I thought, 'What about the employees? Aren't they hostage to a smoking environment, even if they don't smoke?' "

" Financial crises require governments. "

Timothy Geithner

" Being a patriot doesn't mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries. "

" No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor. "

Benjamin Harrison

" Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. "

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

" The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

" No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. "

Abraham Lincoln