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" The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. "

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" Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. "

" I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship. "

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" Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. "

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

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" I like being a foreigner. For me, to live in California is very pleasant - I'm more comfortable not feeling a part of everything, not feeling responsible for the government or the roads or the health system. "

" There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. "

" People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die. "

" 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. "

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

" To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way. "

" Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in those modernizing countries where government is at the mercy of alienated intellectuals, rambunctious colonels, and rioting students. "

Ferdinand Marcos

" If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost. "

" I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government. "

" No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern. "

" The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. "

" Conservatives want smaller government. They want to focus on market-based solutions wherever one can. They want to have as little regulation as possible. But in general, they recognize that government must play an important role for a society to operate. "

Norman Ornstein

" I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict. "

" The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles. "

" The question really is, are you improving the world? And you can do that in many models. You can do that in government, you can do that in a nonprofit, and you can do it in commercial enterprise. "

" Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand. "

" The essence of good government is trust. "

Kathleen Sebelius

" Strong government doesn't mean simply military power or an efficient intelligence apparatus. Instead, it should mean effective, fair administration - in other words, 'good governance.' "

" I can't sit here and be a hypocrite and say I'm for limited government, but I think the government should decide what women do with their bodies. "

" We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back. "

Melina Mercouri

" The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated. "

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" Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom. "

" The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that. "

" America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation. "

Laurence J. Peter

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