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What I object to the current government intervention in so-called 'solving the crisis', they haven't solved anything. They've just postponed it.
Do not fear or misunderstand when the Government say they are looking to our defences. I give you my word that there will be no great armaments.
“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal.
My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.
In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government.
So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.
One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.
Governments throughout the English-speaking sphere are creating and then ratcheting the torque on "hate-speech" laws with frightening eagerness.
Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.
We demand that the government of Canada force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. "Why do this," you may ask? Because it'll be fun.
European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut.
History makes the point time and time again No greater mischief can be created than to merge the power of religion with the power of government.
Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.
I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.
But on the contrary Wikileaks is under heavy attack by the government and corporations are participating in that by closing down their websites.
[M]ore Americans work for federal, state or local government than work in any form of manufacturing. We crossed that Rubicon about 10 years ago.
In a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.
The government can't get away with large-scale famine, but it can get away with chronic hunger. It has become an accepted part of life in India.
The government is largely influenced by people who advocate corporate welfare and advocate these policies that create this two-tiered society...
But I'm very libertarian in the sense that I believe in small government and, as a general rule, I don't believe in imposing values upon people.
The way we subsidize food makes it cheaper to go to McDonald's and get a hamburger than a salad, and that's insane. It's pure government policy.
The greatest danger to this country lies in their large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio and our government.
Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society.
In and out of government, I've always been willing to take on complicated, sometimes unpopular, issues and work them through to have a solution.
No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.
Government has a habit of blaming the private sector for its own failings while taking credit for advances we in fact owe to the private sector.
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.
People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.
The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.
I believe the government has the right to recover from the heirs to the fortunes of its most successful citizens some portion of those fortunes.
Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.
The greatest danger facing our nation isn't terrorism, global warming or the energy crisis. It is out-of-control, unbridled government spending.
It is an obvious and blatant stupidity beyond my ability to articulate how dumb it is for us not to teach our children how to run the government.
If [drugs] didn't exist, our government would have to invent them, the better to enact laws aimed at keeping the citizens "sinless and obedient."
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
No class is safe unless government is so arranged that each class has in its hands the means of protecting itself. That is the idea of republics.
It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.
As the power of governments wanes, corporations become ever more powerful. Sometimes they do things that aren't so good. We should pay attention.
Obama needs Facebook to help him get reelected. Facebook needs Obama to keep them out of trouble with Congress and countless government agencies.
I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship.
Critics say Arnold has no previous government experience, but advisers say he's clearly the most qualified Austrian, ex-Mr. Universe in the race.
If you want to change the world right now, it’s not so much a secret how you do it. You put the secrets of a criminal government on the Internet.
From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence.
I will set a target for the reduction of (government) employees ... I will implement the reduction of the total personnel costs of the employees.
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
There are lots of levels of fear and complaint about the government getting involved in business. First and foremost, of course, is incompetence.
Jeffersonian Democracy simply meant the possession of the federal government by the agrarian masses led by an aristocracy of slave-owning masses.