H. P. Lovecraft Quotes, Government Quotes, Safety Quotes

I am distinctly opposed to visibly arrogant and arbitrary extremes of government--but this is simply because I wish the safety of an artistic and intellectual civilisation to be secure, not because I have any sympathy with the coarse-grained herd who would menace the civilisation if not placated by sops.

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No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government.

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Tags : Woodrow Wilson Quotes , Attitude Quotes , Government Quotes

We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion at every stage of life's journey, and the unknown mourner at every funeral.

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The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms.

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Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Government Quotes , Law Quotes

The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, for themselves – in their separate, and individual capacities.

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Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Government Quotes , People Quotes

It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.

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Tags : Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes , Character Quotes , Government Quotes

The labor unions shall have a square deal, and the corporations shall have a square deal, and in addition, all private citizens shall have a square deal.

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Tags : Theodore Roosevelt Quotes , Squares Quotes , Government Quotes

State authority can never be an end in itself; for, if that were so, any kind of tyranny would be inviolable and sacred. If a government uses the instruments of power in its hands for the purpose of leading a people to ruin, then rebellion is not only the right but also the duty of every individual citizen.

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Tags : Adolf Hitler Quotes , Hands Quotes , Government Quotes

If you can eliminate the government as a 39.6% partner, then you will be much better off.

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Tags : Warren Buffett Quotes , Government Quotes , Investing Quotes

Do not concentrate on showing the misdeeds of the government, for we have to convert and befriend those who run it.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Running Quotes , Government Quotes

It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.

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Compassionate conservatism [is] most importantly, making sure that government is not the answer to people's problems.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Government Quotes , People Quotes

The Turkish Government began and ruthlessly carried out the infamous massacre and deportation of Armenians in Asia Minor. The clearance of the race from Asia Minor was about as complete as such an act, on a scale so great, could well be.

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Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , Race Quotes , Government Quotes

It's a new phenomenon in America that states can now sue the national government and become a kind of check and balance on the excesses of the federal government.

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Tags : Alan Dershowitz Quotes , Government Quotes , America Quotes

The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.

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Tags : Alexander Pope Quotes , Kings Quotes , Government Quotes

The program grew out of a desire to address a gap identified after 9/11 ... The program does not involve the NSA examining the phone records of ordinary Americans. Rather, it consolidates these records into a database that the government can query if it has a specific lead - phone records that the companies already retain for business purposes.

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Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Phones Quotes , Government Quotes

I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we'd been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don't think people really saw this guy for what he was.

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Tags : Adam McKay Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Government Quotes

The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens... Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere.

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Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Government Quotes , Citizens Quotes

They want the federal government controlling the Social Security, like it's some kind of federal program.

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Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Humor Quotes , Government Quotes

Blaming the government for all the bad things that happen.

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Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Life Quotes , Government Quotes