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" There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience. "

Stokely Carmichael

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" In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stripping power from the courts, I believe we should follow the process prescribed in our Constitution - consideration of a Constitutional amendment. "

" In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that has been responsible for doing everything in its power to destroy Native American cultures. "

" If men were angels, no government would be necessary. "

" Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us. "

" Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more. "

William Henry Harrison

" On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does. "

" Under the rule of law, if the government wants to prevent firms from outsourcing and offshoring, it enacts legislation and adopts regulations to create the appropriate incentives and discourage undesirable behaviour. It does not bully or threaten particular firms or portray traumatised refugees as a security threat. "

Joseph Stiglitz

" No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government. "

" Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety. "

Arnold Schwarzenegger

" Government is a collective unity. There is no decision by cabinet which can be attributed to one individual. "

Emmerson Mnangagwa

" Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government agency. "

" The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes. "

Milton Friedman

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Catherine Cortez-Masto

" The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly. "

Alexander Hamilton

" The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. "

" If there's anything a public servant hates to do it's something for the public. "

" The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget. "

" The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead. "

" If you don't like the idea that most of the money spent on lottery tickets supports government programs, you should know that most of the earnings from mutual funds support investment advisors' and mutual fund managers' retirement. "

Robert Kiyosaki

" That government is best which governs least. "

Henry David Thoreau

" The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity. "

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

" Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. "

Benjamin Franklin

" The government of India and the government of Jammu and Kashmir are determined to ensure that every Kashmiri lives with dignity having equal rights and equal opportunities. "

Pranab Mukherjee

" When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility. "

" There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people. "

" In 2006, I entered the presidential palace in the main square of La Paz as the first indigenous president of Bolivia. Our government, under the slogan 'Bolivia Changes,' is committed to ending the colonialism, racism and exclusion that many of our people lived under for many centuries. "

" What we can do in Singapore may not be doable elsewhere. Some things you know you need: you want efficient government, you want clean government, you want to do away with corruption, you must educate your people. You want to get housing and so on. All these are not such secrets, not so special to Singapore. "

Lee Hsien Loong

" I stand today on this floor to appeal for protection from the strong arm of the government for her loyal children, irrespective of color and race, who are citizens of the southern states, and particularly of the State of Georgia. "

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