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Whether we like it or not, government intervention in the face of surplus is here to stay.
Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.
My government, a government of national unity, will make all necessary structural reforms.
No salesman can ever guarantee you a grant from any government or non-profit organization.
Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for government.
If the present is any guide, government-sanctioned, counterfeit history is in your future.
The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements.
[A] power equal to every possible contingency must exist somewhere in the government . . .
A large brain, like large government, may not be able to do simple things in a simple way.
Government is basically a parasite, and if the host doesn't grow, then government suffers.
As quickly as you start spending federal money in large amounts, it looks like free money.
Freedom works, and government, when it grows beyond the barest minimum, keeps people poor.
The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history.
Our enemies are a radical network of terrorists - and every government that supports them.
As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.
I don't know what our government does except put us into debt and blow up other countries.
The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government.
I tell people view the federal government as a source of entertainment. It's a lot easier.
Mentioning Jesus in your speech: Small government. Doing what Jesus asked: Big government.
Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.
A half-starved limping government, always moving upon crutches and tottering at every step.
Hard work and education will take you farther than any government program can ever promise.
Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.
It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.
I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq.
It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.
Like air pollution, flood risk is a threat that government should be protecting us against.
Government! Government! What do I get for all I give, I'd like to know! Potholes and bombs!
[T]he burden of government is not measured by how much it taxes, but by how much it spends.
You've got to learn to handle the press because god knows the government does all the time.
I need money. I have a staff of 30, and four houses, never mind the government, to support.
Whatever party you're in in America, our troops deserve the full support of our government.
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.
The uses of government should be to foster, protect and promote the possession of equality.
We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.
America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama's four-year experiment in big government.
The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.
A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.
Governments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate.
The real terrorist is the American government, state terrorism unleashed against the world.
[I]t is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government.
The political bug first bit me was Malcolm Fraser's resignation from the Gorton Government.
No government may remain strong by ignoring the commandments given to Moses on Mount Sinai.
When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
It is not a government's obligation to provide services, but to see that they are provided.
Now you have to be a collaborator and you have to bring on governments and convince people.
The government has to be on the side of the people if the corporations take too much power.