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Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.
It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption.
People in Oklahoma don't wake up every morning wondering what the government is going to do for them.
I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government.
Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.
Industrial combination is not wrong in itself. The danger lies in taking government into partnership.
Decision by democratic majority vote is a fine form of government, but it's a stinking way to create.
Higher taxes still does not create prosperity for all. And, more government still does not grow jobs.
The Constitution is a radical document... it is the job of the government to rein in people's rights.
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
The First Amendment is about how we govern ourselves - not about how we titillate ourselves sexually.
I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family.
In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.
Government charity gives the most to those who refuse to help themselves; private charity gives less.
Government seems to me to be a part of religion itself - a thing sacred in its institutions and ends.
The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack.
We can say, "if you want government money, you have to make this data public - you have to share it."
Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.
You just can't have a position where some pumped up bunyip potentate dismisses an elected government.
It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.
When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.
So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.
As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States.
...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it.
The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.
Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name.
But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive.
A government is one that thinks and hears the voice of the poor. A government must live for the poor.
A government run by billionaires for billionaires is an affront to freedom and morality and humanity.
When we leave money in the hands of taxpayers, they buy things, they pay taxes, they grow government.
The long experiment with professional politicians and professional government is over, and it failed.
The question isn't whether we 'need' guns. It's wether the government should have a monopoly on force
If we become an accomplice to criminal activities by the American government, then we are liable too.
What the American worker needs is more of what WalMart offers and less of what the government offers.
It's embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.
I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government.
Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call.
I believe that in time we will have reached the point where we will deserve to be free of government.
No form of government can survive that excludes dictatorship when the life of the nation is at stake.
Fannie and Freddie are creations of government. They were given a huge leg up over their competitors.
Instead of taxing rich people, governments borrow from them, and pay them interest for the privilege.
You know what the fastest growing religion in America is? Statism. The growing reliance on government.
The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.
I dream of a Digital India where technology ensures the Citizen-Government interface is incorruptible.
A gold standard is to the moochers and looters in government what sunlight and garlic are to vampires.
The government should now launch an initiative to encourage people to join the social work profession.
I'd like to think that we've certainly strengthened the position of some of our government businesses.
The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President.
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.