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" When conducted with proper preparation, and in a focused and professional manner, oversight of executive branch actions can reveal serious shortcomings by government officials and help prevent recurrence; the 'Waco hearings,' conducted over a two-week period in 1995, stand as an example of such an undertaking. "

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" A heck of a lot more accountability comes from individuals or the church doing it than the government, that signs off on helping people at 5 o'clock, because it comes from the heart, not from a badge or a mandate. "

Doug LaMalfa

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People

Government

" Now judicial review, beloved by conservatives, can, of course, fulfill the excellent function of declaring government interventions and tyrannies unconstitutional. But it can also validate and legitimize the government in the eyes of the people by declaring these actions valid and constitutional. "

" The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. "

" Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. "

" As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press. "

" Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have. "

P. J. O'Rourke

People

Seat

" Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people. "

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

" The government that governs from afar absolutely requires that the truth and the facts reach its knowledge by every possible channel, so that it may weigh and estimate them better, and this need increases when a country like the Philippines is concerned, where the inhabitants speak and complain in a language unknown to the authorities. "

" The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That sounds like what the Founding Fathers had in mind, does it not? "

Bill O'Reilly

Mind

Government

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

" Our politicians are stupid. And the Mexican government is much smarter, much sharper, much more cunning. And they send the bad ones over because they don't want to pay for them. They don't want to take care of them. Why should they when the stupid leaders of the United States will do it for them? "

" 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. "

" If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. "

" The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament. "

" Everywhere you look for comparisons of life under anarchy and life under government, life under government is less violent. "

" 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. "

" The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting. "

William J. Brennan, Jr.

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Bill Of Rights

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" Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong. "

" While there's always plenty of room for improvement, our government is actually quite effective and efficient. Our military and judicial systems and national parks are the best in the world. Unlike in countries where government corruption is rampant, I've never once been solicited for a bribe. "

" 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. "

" Because tax cuts create an incentive to increase output, employment, and production, they also help balance the budget by reducing means-tested government expenditures. A faster-growing economy means lower unemployment and higher incomes, resulting in reduced unemployment benefits and other social welfare programs. "

" But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with. "

" Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government. "

" I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come. "

" The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government. "

" We must work toward cyber doctrine that reflects the wisdom of free markets, private competition, and the important but limited role of government in establishing and enforcing the rule of law, honoring the rights of personal property, the benefits of free and fair trade, and the fundamental principles of liberty. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward. "

Otto von Bismarck

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