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I know that for most people, seeing is believing when it comes to government efficiency.
Most people I know I think agree and even many theists agree with this. We don't want government involved.
I know as well as anyone that the American people want to know that their hard-earned dollars are being spent wisely by government officials.
People of our State know the commitment and sincerity with which my Government deals with issues concerning the State, including Left wing extremism.
I know plenty of people in China who don't like what their government does to the Falun Gong, but they don't want to entrust their data to the Falun Gong, either.
What I have said is, when the American people elect divided government, what are they saying? I think they're saying we know you have differences of opinion on big things.
Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.
The military people don't like it; the government probably doesn't like it, but the people should know what they're sending their young people into when they permit their governments to declare war and engage in war.
What we want as an economy is companies and people, you know, working hard to come up with creative ways to be more productive. We don't want companies and people working hard to lobby government for special tax cuts.
The universities have got a job here as well in making sure that people actually understand that we're open for university students coming into the U.K. There's a job here not just for the government, I think there's a job for the universities as well to make sure that people know that we are open.
The greatest bulwark against an overreaching government, as tyrants know, is a religious population. That is because religious people form communities of interest adverse to government control of their lives; religious communities rely on their families and each other rather than an overarching government utilizing force.