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" The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn by lot from the mass of the people, for the very purpose of having all classes of minds and feelings, that prevail among the people at large, represented in the jury. "

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" Any government, that is its own judge of, and determines authoritatively for the people, what are its own powers over the people, is an absolute government of course. It has all the powers that it chooses to exercise. There is no other or at least no more accurate definition of a despotism than this. "

Lysander Spooner

Exercise

People

Own

" In reality there is no such thing as an inflation of prices, relatively to gold. There is such a thing as a depreciated paper currency. "

" When we embraced social media, we took more control of the Newark narrative. We increased responsiveness toward residents. We drew more of our constituents in to participate in government and improve our cities. "

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

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

" The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. "

Woodrow Wilson

Democracy

Government

" We wonder why we have got the Freemen or the militants. We wonder why we have got unrest in this country. It is because our government, in fact, has got out of hand and out of line, with the Endangered Species Act. "

" While I am a fervent believer in free markets and limited government, there are rare instances in which government involvement is necessary. "

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

" The Costa Rican government is prioritizing laying fiber optic over paving roads. Costa Rica is trying to become one of the Internet societies. This is happening throughout the world. "

" Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people. January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Everyone is listening to you now. "

" It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. "

" It is our job to work for the government of the day and so that means working for Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, and we need to do those preparations just to be sure that we're ready for whoever you, the British public, elect and that's core to our civil service values over the last 150 years. "

" A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion. "

" While we can never truly repay the debt we owe our heroes, the least we should do for our brave veterans is to ensure that the government takes a proactive approach to delivering the services and benefits they have earned, so they can access the care they need and so richly deserve. "

" This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people. "

" 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. "

" This election presents a stark choice - we can continue down the road of the Obama Democrats, more and more spending, debt and government control of the economy, or we can return to the founding principles of our nation - free markets, fiscal responsibility and individual liberty. "

" The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power. "

" But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people. "

Maynard James Keenan

Government

People

" Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country. "

Edward Abbey

Country

Poor

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

" It is not in our interest to sign economic policy agreements with the IMF, as that unnecessarily limits the room to manoeuvre of... the Hungarian government, Hungarian parliament and lawmakers. "

" The fight against AIDS in China is already well underway. The Chinese government and other funders are providing major support, and they'll continue to bear primary responsibility for delivering prevention and treatment. "

" If people can't expect their government to be honest and clean, they can't expect anything from it. "

" There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything - extremely hard. You'll never get perfect blocking. "