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A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.
Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.
Benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards.
If I could have my way I would place the Deity on half-pay as the Government of this Country did the subaltern officers.
Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with.
The more independent mind you have the more your government will hate you! It is an honour for you to be hated this way!
I too complain ceaselessly in my heart and in my words too. My very life is a protest. Against government, for instance.
Liberals don't believe in the ultimate concept of self-reliance, which is why they look to the government for stability.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
Free enterprise, individual opportunity, limited government. They made America great; only they can keep America strong.
Government restrictions are attractive to people who want to impose their pet notions without having to count the costs.
Safety has been my top legislative priority. I'm driven by the idea that safety is really a core function of government.
The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a clear presumption: In the face of doubt, openness prevails.
Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthless by applying ink.
We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth.
War is the mass murder of workers. When workers refuse to obey the calls of their governments, there will be no more war.
In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.
Jobs are a key essential in the Budget.They are government's number one priority and the Budget is going to reflect that.
Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.
How pale is the art of sorcerers, witches, and conjurors when compared with that of the government's Treasury Department!
When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.
No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws.
Can you think of a single area of government in which George Bush hasn't already made things worse than Bill Clinton did?
If we quickly cast aside our constitutional form of government, then the enemy will not be the terrorists, it will be us.
Let's face it, the U.S. government is woefully, woefully behind in all of its policies that affect the use of technology.
It's a wonderful feeling to work in a country where the government's first concern is for its people, for all its people.
For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.
The only limit to the oppression of government is the power with which the people show themselves capable of opposing it.
It is no more the function of government to impose a moral code than to impose a religious code. And for the same reason.
People want results. I call it 'results oriented conservatism,' R.O.C. because that's what people want out of government.
The safest way to ensure diversity of opinion is diverse ownership. But this ideal has been sacrificed by our government.
It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income.
Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.
The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.
I don't need to be looking at every failure of government, I need to be looking where failure of government needs reform.
The backlash against Big Government is an encouraging sign of a growing resistance to the mission creep of federal power.
The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks.
The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the truth.
The charges [government] brought against me, for example, explicitly denied my ability to make a public-interest defense.
We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.
I sincerely believe that I have served a criminal. I led my soldiers in good conscience... but for a criminal government.
Republicans don't believe government works, and get into it to prove it will fail. Same with strippers and relationships.
I cannot think of a country in which I would be happy with the government and dominant ideology and available propaganda.
As the old saying goes, 'money is power' and the more money the government takes, the more power it has over individuals.
People are beginning to wish that the voters had been given breathometer tests when they voted in the present government.
Privately run jails are a mark of American "reinvented government" that has been picked up by neoconcervatives in Canada.