The greatest source of America's generosity is not our government; it's the good heart of the American people.

We are about to make motherhood a crime. No civilized government in the history of mankind has ever done this.

Jobs are created in the private sector. Not by the president or the government unless they're government jobs.

Government is about stealing and nothing else. That's all it's ever been about. That's all it'll ever be about.

I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.

In past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies.

To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed.

The government is far more interested in taking, in regulated taking, than in promoting spontaneous generosity.

Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement.

The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.

I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime.

The government is supposed to respond to the will of the people. Not dictate to the people what they are doing.

[A]lthough a republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

The function of government is to provide you with service; the function of the media is to supply the Vaseline.

The Democrats have come right out and said it: the power of the central government shall have no limits at all.

It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.

Russia has not taken part and is not going to take part in any actions aimed at removing legitimate government.

The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers.

Or they'll talk about fear, which we used to call politics- job politics, social politics, government politics.

Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within.

Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how -- the nature of the government in which people live.

The government says Rant's alive because they need a villain. The kids say he's alive because they need a hero.

No. But then the American Government--whatever branch--has never really grasped the concept of tribal identity.

I think we should just tip the government if it does a good job. Fifteen percent is the standard tip, isn't it?

If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent.

Rights are not self-evident. They're not unalienable. They are subject to modification just like anything else.

Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.

A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.

Rest assured, the government is ready to support and enhance the competitiveness of the biotechnology industry.

The hope in the hearts of millions of national socialists can be fulfilled only by an authoritarian government.

His Majesty's Government looks with favour upon the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jews.

For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford.

Loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their country and respect their government.

The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.

So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are.

He [Calvin Coolidge] is the first president to discover that what the American people want is to be left alone.

The only place where compensation comes before service is in the dictionary or anywhere the government meddles.

Once a person comes to rely on the government for support, that person becomes a socialist through and through.

I personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts.

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.

No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism.

If everyone has to be a watchdog in order to make government work, then the foxes will also volunteer to serve.

President Herbert Hoover returned his salary to the government. His idea caught on, and now we're all doing it.

You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.

Communism is a form of government under which every citizen at election time enjoys the privilege of voting Yes.

Governmental defense of any theology necessarily weakens the legitimacy of both the government and the theology.

It takes our government an awful lot of time to do most things competently, and that's part of the problem here.

When mankind first saw the necessity of government, it is probable that many had conceived the desire of ruling.

Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?

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