Mark Twain Quotes, Government Quotes, Order Quotes

The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

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Where it is a general rule that it is wrong to gratify lovers, this can be attributed to the defects of those who make that rule: the government's lust for rule and the subjects' cowardice.

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Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?

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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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The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

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God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.

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Tags : Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes , Government Quotes , Law Quotes

At one end of the spectrum are the terrorist gangs within our borders, and the terrorist states which finance and arm them. At the other are the hard left operating inside our system, conspiring to use union power and the apparatus of local government to break, defy and subvert the law.

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Should one whole year from this July 4th pass while the crimes of this government are allowed to continue, we may have passed the point at which non-violent revolution becomes impossible.

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In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.

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I don't want to jump the gun, [but] I will tell you, though, that my goal is to have the best possible government.

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How could you say the best form of government is a republic if you think the universe is a monarchy?

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Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.

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Economics are the method; the object is to change the soul.

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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That's dangerous for human development.

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People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.

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As the government is, such will be the man.

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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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All government is cruel; for nothing is so cruel as impunity.

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The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.

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Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.

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