Quotes: government
Quotes 1 till 15 of 572.
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A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
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This American government - what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will.
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A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.
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Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.
Source: Journals -
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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Families are the tie that reminds us of yesterday, provide strength and support today, and give us hope for tomorrow. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, or well-managed, can provide what our families provide.
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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
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Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.
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Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
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The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine.
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The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
Source: Barbara C. Jordan--selected speeches -
A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.
