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Forget the state concerns -- we think this is bad for churches. Most churches are small and not ready to handle 500 pages of government red tape.
[W]e're taught that if one person kills another person, that is murder; but if a government kills a hundred thousand persons, that is patriotism.
The world measures the government of a nation on the basis of its condition in its own country, on how strong their word is in their own country.
All progress and growth is a matter of change, but change must be growth within our social and government concepts if it should not destroy them.
Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth.
[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics
As long as Fidel Castro is alive we [the American Government] will not normalize relations with Cuba. We don't want it, and he certainly doesn't.
There's nothing new about the government protecting corporations and calling it the freeing of the world or bringing democracy to bereft nations.
It is much easier to pull down a government, in such a conjuncture of affairs as we have seen, than to build up, at such a season as the present.
The government should stop meddling in the business of the farmers, who would actually still be living ina desert if not for government meddling.
I dont know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them.
I can't sit here and be a hypocrite and say I'm for limited government, but I think the government should decide what women do with their bodies.
Along this road of spending, the government either takes over, which is Socialism, or dictates institutional and economic life, which is Fascism.
The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.
Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea of free information.
It is the job of government to prevent a tragedy of the commons. That includes the commons of shared values and norms on which democracy depends.
All the time, you take a look at what government rules are, so you can minimize the impact of government regulations. That's just smart business.
There's nothing on this green earth that a liberal progressive fears more than a black American who wants a better life and a smaller government.
The federal government cannot maintain a budget surplus any more than an alcoholic can leave a fresh bottle of whiskey untouched in the cupboard.
I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead to the ends desired.
If income tax is the price you have to pay to keep the government on its feet, alimony is the price we have to pay for sweeping a woman off hers.
It's not about me, again, this fight is not my fight, it's not the fight of the government ; it's the fight of the country, of the Syrian people.
Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given.
After independence was gained, one of the first Acts passed by the Greek government was for the protection and preservation of national monuments.
The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.
The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time.
I'm not a Republican because I grew up rich, but because I didn't want to spend the rest of my life poor, waiting for the government to rescue me.
So if there is a government grant offered for anything, like starting a business or going to school, they cannot discriminate because of your age.
I grew up in the 80s in England: we'd wake up each morning and look out the window to see if the government had finally put Daleks on the streets.
What is called a republic, is not any particular form of government ... it is naturally opposed to the word monarchy, which means arbitrary power.
There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.
We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry.
The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.
During the Gulf War, journalists used to challenge government news managers and insisted they wouldn't just accept the official version of events.
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.
The God of heaven sent some of His choicest spirits to lay the foundation of this government. And he has sent other choice spirits to preserve it.
Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with their ears assailed by the sound of snails whizzing by.
The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.
I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.
The government argues that First Amendment rights are outweighed by the need to prosecute those who transmit classified information and documents.
If you establish a right unity government, you create an effective platform to make... decisions because you have wider support of your own party.
It is with government as with medicine, its only business is the choice of evils. Every law is an evil, for every law is an infraction of liberty.
The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people.
Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments .
Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.
It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.
Peace on this planet will not be forged by military strength. It will be forged by those who come together despite their government's differences.
The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them.