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It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.
But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government
There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few.
Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves.
Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy.
We can't have self-government without the self-confidence that is at the root of it.
The Right's view of government and the Left's view of big business are both correct.
We would be a much healthier culture if the government had never told us how to eat.
India has been at the greatest loss because governments were run only for elections.
Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.
I am a strong believer in small government that doesn't interfere in people's lives.
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
If I had to choose between government and a free press, I would choose a free press.
There is no way to stabilize the markets other than through government intervention.
Schools and colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for the Government.
Government's power to bully people who have broken no law is dangerous to all of us.
I believe the role of the government is too big. Society must be more decentralized.
The central government possesses no plan of finding the way out of this blind alley.
I don't know if I can live on my income or not - the government won't let me try it.
The government will take the fairest of names, but the worst of realities--mob rule.
In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.
Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.
Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress.
So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.
You could afford your house without the government if it weren't for the government.
President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.
We must judge a government by its general tendencies and not by its happy accidents.
The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside
It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies.
Oh, it were better to be a poor fisherman than to meddle with the government of men.
In our democracy we must have a partnership of labor, of business and of government.
The students wanted to speak to the government, and the police answered with bullets.
I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.
The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.
I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments.
Government is nothing but the regulated injustice that every rascal has in his heart.
Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror.
Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad.
When government gets between my lips and my stomach; I call that invasion of privacy!
A government of laws without men is as visionary as a government of men without laws.
My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.
I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government.
You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so.
I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.
If the government can't track illegals, then let's outsource the job to UPS or FedEx.
The government burns down whole cities while the people are forbidden to light lamps.
Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives.
I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.