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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.
The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians.
Most of the problems of government come from people being overwhelmed by the size and scale of what they have to do.
The emblem of equal rights. It means free hands, free lips, self- government, and the sovereignty of the individual.
Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
In China we can criticize Darwin but not the government. In America you can criticize the government but not Darwin.
The natural tendency of government, once in charge of money, is to inflate and to destroy the value of the currency.
Do Americans want the government to micromanage every aspect of our lives? President Ronald Reagan certainly didn't.
The federal government can't remodel every firehouse and buy every new policeradio in the name of Homeland Security.
I think that [there is] this fundamental right to privacy and the philosophy that government shouldn't be intrusive.
The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.
The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves.
The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
Civil government being the sole object of forming societies, its administration must be conducted by common consent.
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
Those tax-exempt bonds were put in so that a town or a state or a government could sell more bonds than it ought to.
One, if one is sensible, blames government, not the servers of government, not those entangled in their governments.
In almost all city governments in America, the small group of people who don't want change are able to block change.
What I would say is governments need assistance to run their organisations more efficiently just like businesses do.
I think the irony ... is that I actually would like to see a relatively light touch when it comes to the government.
What Reagan ushered in was a skepticism toward government solutions to every problem. I don't think that has changed
It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation.
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man.
Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.
Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.
I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.
'Let's Move!' is not about having government tell people what to do, because government doesn't have all the answers.
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
If one regards inflation as an evil, then one has to stop inflating. One has to balance the budget of the government.
Today we care about budgets more than anything. Our American future hangs on the ability of government to cut budget.
The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.
As freedom is the only safeguard of governments, so are order and moderation generally necessary to preserve freedom.
It is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but by their distribution that good government is effected.
In the 1950s, buggery was a criminal offence. Now it's a requirement to receive benefits from the federal government.
My administration inherited many problems across government and across the economy. To be honest, I inherited a mess.
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.
History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured.
Lap-dogs and blood-hounds enjoy the greatest respect at court; house-dogs and no dogs at all are not even considered.
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions.
The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid.
Only one in command: that's the way in the home And the way in the state when it must find Measures best for mankind.
There's an old saying that the government is your partner from birth, but they don't get to come to all the meetings.
There is no art which government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.
It will follow that that government ought to be clothed with all powers requisite to complete execution of its trust.
Compassionate conservatism [is] most importantly, making sure that government is not the answer to people's problems.
It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.
The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need.
Nine-tenths of the activities of a modern Government are harmful; therefore the worse they are performed, the better.