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Jerome K. Jerome on government
Author: Jerome K. Jerome“The weather is like the government, always in the wrong.” -Jerome K. Jerome
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Will Durant on government
Author: Will Durant“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.” -Will Durant
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Martin Van Buren on government
Author: Martin Van Buren“The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.” -Martin Van Buren
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Andrew Jackson on government
Author: Andrew Jackson“It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.” -Andrew Jackson
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Edward Abbey on government
Author: Edward Abbey“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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Woodrow Wilson on government
Author: Woodrow Wilson“The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation.” -Woodrow Wilson
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Thabo Mbeki on government
Author: Thabo Mbeki“I don’t imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I’m not an economist therefore I can’t take decisions on matters of the economy I’m not a soldier I can’t take decisions on matters of defence I’m not an educationist so I can’t take decisions about education.” -Thabo Mbeki
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Eddie Izzard on government
Author: Eddie Izzard“So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!” -Eddie Izzard
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Fareed Zakaria on government
Author: Fareed Zakaria“In a very weak economy, when you say ‘cut government spending,’ what you mean is you’re laying off school teachers and you’re de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don’t pay taxes.” -Fareed Zakaria
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Bob Schieffer on government
Author: Bob Schieffer“The government’s view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn’t want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better.” -Bob Schieffer
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Matthew Lesko on government
Author: Matthew Lesko“Government workers often get a bad rap, but it’s rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works.” -Matthew Lesko
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Demetri Martin on government
Author: Demetri Martin“I didn’t do improv in college, I never performed, I didn’t do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major.” -Demetri Martin
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David Hume on government
Author: David Hume“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.” -David Hume
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Paul Ryan on government
Author: Paul Ryan“I think its rather peculiar. It’s not in keeping with our founding documents, our founding vision. But I’d guess you’d have to ask the Obama administration why they purged all this language from their platform. There sure is a lot of mention of government, so I guess I would put the onus on them to
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Mary J. Blige on government
Author: Mary J. Blige“In the inner city, there’s a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I’ve gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.” -Mary J. Blige
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Rick Warren on government
Author: Rick Warren“I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it’s the government’s role to provide everything.” -Rick Warren
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Martin Feldstein on government
Author: Martin Feldstein“Increased government spending can provide a temporary stimulus to demand and output but in the longer run higher levels of government spending crowd out private investment or require higher taxes that weaken growth by reducing incentives to save, invest, innovate, and work.” -Martin Feldstein
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Lyndon B. Johnson on government
Author: Lyndon B. Johnson“I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.” -Lyndon B. Johnson
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John Stuart Mill on government
Author: John Stuart Mill“The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power.” -John Stuart Mill
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Jerry Garcia on government
Author: Jerry Garcia“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.” -Jerry Garcia
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Claire McCaskill on government
Author: Claire McCaskill“I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don’t trust government. And they haven’t trusted government for a long time.” -Claire McCaskill
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Donald Rumsfeld on government
Author: Donald Rumsfeld“Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.” -Donald Rumsfeld
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Richard M. Nixon on government
Author: Richard M. Nixon“Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.” -Richard M. Nixon
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Maynard James Keenan on government
Author: Maynard James Keenan“But then it hasn’t really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.” -Maynard James Keenan
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Steven Spielberg on government
Author: Steven Spielberg“If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.” -Steven Spielberg