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Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme Picture Quote #1

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches Picture Quote #1

The design of rhetoric is to remove those prejudices that lie in the way of truth, to reduce the passions to the government of reasons; to place our subject in a right light, and excite our hearers to a due consideration of it Picture Quote #1

I think the government should do everything they possibly can to, to bring this crisis to an end; and that means going after BP, enforcing the laws that are on the books, and restoring the gulf to it's original condition Picture Quote #1

I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come Picture Quote #1

The income tax is a twentieth century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed Picture Quote #1

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Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put 16, 500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill Picture Quote #1

Institutions - government, churches, industries, and the like - have properly no other function than to contribute to human freedom; and in so far as they fail, on the whole, to perform this function, they are wrong and need reconstruction Picture Quote #1

I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity Picture Quote #1

History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior Picture Quote #1

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago Picture Quote #1

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty Picture Quote #1

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Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other Picture Quote #1

I think if you have a two story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator Picture Quote #1

You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they're tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government Picture Quote #1

Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization Picture Quote #1

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave Picture Quote #1

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most Picture Quote #1

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To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea Picture Quote #1

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both Picture Quote #1

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person Picture Quote #1

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together Picture Quote #1

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government Picture Quote #1

I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of property Picture Quote #1

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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself Picture Quote #1

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse Picture Quote #1

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived Picture Quote #1

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted Picture Quote #1

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support it's burdens, instead of the government which is to reap it's fruits Picture Quote #1

The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people Picture Quote #1

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Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme (Government Quotes) Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches (Government Quotes) The design of rhetoric is to remove those prejudices that lie in the way of truth, to reduce the passions to the government of reasons; to place our subject in a right light, and excite our hearers to a due consideration of it (Government Quotes) I think the government should do everything they possibly can to, to bring this crisis to an end; and that means going after BP, enforcing the laws that are on the books, and restoring the gulf to it's original condition (Government Quotes) I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come (Government Quotes) The income tax is a twentieth century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed (Government Quotes) Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put 16, 500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill (Government Quotes) Institutions - government, churches, industries, and the like - have properly no other function than to contribute to human freedom; and in so far as they fail, on the whole, to perform this function, they are wrong and need reconstruction (Government Quotes) I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity (Government Quotes) History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior (Government Quotes) While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago (Government Quotes) There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty (Government Quotes) Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other (Government Quotes) I think if you have a two story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator (Government Quotes) You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they're tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government (Government Quotes) Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization (Government Quotes) This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave (Government Quotes) It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most (Government Quotes) To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea (Government Quotes) A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both (Government Quotes) A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person (Government Quotes) And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together (Government Quotes) Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government (Government Quotes) I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of property (Government Quotes) In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself (Government Quotes) The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse (Government Quotes) The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived (Government Quotes) The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted (Government Quotes) War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support it's burdens, instead of the government which is to reap it's fruits (Government Quotes) The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people (Government Quotes)

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