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In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Clinton was a president who used his office, in creative ways, to try to reinvigorate the federal government to benefit the majority.
Peace, ... is crucial, because my government aims to hasten Mindanao's development by transforming it into the country's food basket.
Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.
Occasionally, a finger comes up to wipe a tear [of laughter] from the eye... and that's my reward... the rest goes to the government.
Reforming is about curbing government power. It is a self-imposed revolution; it will require real sacrifice, and it will be painful.
The United States government, in figuring our gross national product, defines 'durable goods' as anything that will last three years.
If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter
Using official government resources to help bankroll an explicit political agenda - whether on the right or left - is flat out wrong.
The country was founded on the principle that primary role of government is to protect property from the majority, and so it remains.
Really, the one thing that actually works - you know, state-run communism may not be your cup of tea, but [China's] government works.
Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.
The federal government has failed us, so we, the elected officials of small-town America, are getting tough with illegal immigration.
There are severe limits to the good that the government can do for the economy, but there are almost no limits to the harm it can do.
Any system that is deprived of its natural volatility, with government up (unintelligible) volatile, any system becomes very fragile.
It is impossible to give a soldier a good education without making him a deserter. His natural foe is the government that drills him.
The problem for the King is just how strict The lack of liberty, the squeeze of the law And discipline should be in school and state.
I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government.
Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.
We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness to act alone, its willingness to be everybody's enemy.
While we may argue about the size of government, the Republican Party has not been a party that says, 'I want to destroy government.'
Let's stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent.
If someone from the government tries to put his hands on your money... run away as fast as you can and tell the nearest conservative.
I froze, shocked. (And don't try to clam that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)
I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions.
Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.
Federal government shutdowns are unsettling, because you realize how little you depend on it compared to the money you give in taxes.
Who knows? Maybe my life belongs to God. Maybe it belongs to me. But I do know one thing: I'm damned if it belongs to the government.
I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about the government!
I play to all people, and I play to people not governments, and I believe strongly that all people are peaceful and would want peace.
You do not give preferred deals and dole out favors, lucrative favors, and government partnerships and weapons deals to your clients.
Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people
If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief.
We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities.
Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.
The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.
When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.
Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. We have always protected the Americans; we may therefore subject them to government.
Voluntary paid maternity leave: yes; compulsory paid maternity leave: over this Government’s dead body, frankly. It just won’t happen.
Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.
American families cannot compete with billionaires. Our involvement in government should not be dependent on our bank account balances
America's greatness is not found in the size of its government. America's greatness resides in the hearts and the minds of the people.
The solution to voters potentially being misled by a judicial candidate's political speech is more speech - not government censorship.
Call me an alarmist, but we are witnessing the beginning of the most frightening period of government tyranny in our nation's history.
To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying.
Whenever citizens are seen routinely as enemies of their own government, writers are rountinely seen to be the most dangerous enemies.
Israel wants to make it clear to the government of Egypt that it has no aggressive intentions whatsoever against any Arab state at all