Top Government Quotes
The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not.
Neal Boortz
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
Thomas Paine
Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.
Peter Benenson
The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.
Martin Van Buren
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
Andrew Jackson
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The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.
Andrew Johnson 
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I want my testimony to stand on that point. But I would point out that Zona Research Inc. showed we have increased market share among business users, educational users, and government users over the past several months - and that's more recent than the IDC report.
Jim Barksdale
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If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
Barack Obama
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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.
James Madison
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The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.
Floyd Abrams
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There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
Andrew Jackson
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