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" We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area. "

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" The government's only functions are to protect the rights of the individual; therefore, you need a police force and an army. "

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

" Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism. "

" In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home. "

Abraham Lincoln

" A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. "

Thomas Jefferson

" The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States. "

" 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. "

" The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years. "

Benjamin Netanyahu

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

" I think governments can't do much. "

" 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. "

Chelsea Manning

" While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago. "

" I believe always you should have a philanthropic heart inside but business way. Because you have to get things done. That is what scientists tell us how to do properly. Business should tell us how to get things done efficiently. And government should have the good environment and the foundations of researching. "

" The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending. "

" I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government. "

" Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out? "

Mitch McConnell

" The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract. "

Robert A. Heinlein

" A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government. "

" I think the Eritrean government is aware that any full-scale invasion of Ethiopia along the lines of 1998 could turn out to be suicidal... And we will not respond to any provocation short of all-out invasion. We are already engaged in a much more fruitful war - against poverty. "

" It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract. "

" Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government. "

Alexander Hamilton

" We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government. "

" If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government. "

" Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. "

Sydney J. Harris

" The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment. "

" I think there is a real misunderstanding about what the Tea Party movement is. The Tea Party movement is a sentiment in America that government is broken - both parties are to blame - and if we don't do something soon, this exceptional country will be lost, and it will become just like everybody else. "

" People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests. "

" We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens. "

" Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls. "

" That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one. "

Abraham Lincoln