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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A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back to me, and they said that they were too commercial for them.
Renny Harlin 
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The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people.
Hugo Black
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Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.
Edward Abbey
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Did somebody dream there is some way that the government doesn't need us?
Dwayne Andreas
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The president's very right about one thing: When you have a disaster of that scale, whether it be natural or a terrorist attack, there's only one part of our entire government, state or local, that is equipped to handle it, and that's the U.S. military.
Warren Rudman
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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.
Rand Paul
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What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government.
Harold Washington
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Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Henry David Thoreau
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The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Ronald Reagan
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