Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes, Government Quotes, Law Quotes

Government has become ungovernable; that is, it cannot leave off governing. Law has become lawless; that is, it cannot see where laws should stop. The chief feature of our time is the meekness of the mob and the madness of the government.

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That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in our own day this principle is universally neglected. The best laws, though sanctioned by every citizen of the state, will be of no avail unless the young are trained by habit and education in the spirit of the constitution.

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People forget... that we structured it so that the government, or the people, would be repaid with a really good rate of return. And as it turns out, that aspect of TARP, that's what happened.

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A democracy exists whenever those who are free and are not well-off, being in the majority, are in sovereign control of government, an oligarchy when control lies with the rich and better-born, these being few.

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

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Of governments there are said to be only two forms - democracy and oligarchy. For aristocracy is considered to be a kind of oligarchy, as being the rule of a few, and the so-called constitutional government to be really a democracy.

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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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What we should be asking is not whether we need a big government or small government, but how we can create a smarter and better government.

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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.

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Government wars aren't my wars; they've got nowt to do with me, because my own war's all that I'll ever be bothered about.

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Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and a renunciation of human dignity, common sense, and conscience by the governed, and a slavish submission to those who hold power. That is what is really preached wherever patriotism is championed. Patriotism is slavery.

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Governments accountable to the voters focus on building roads and schoolsnot weapons of mass destruction.

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Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.

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it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the people.

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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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You have a choice of trusting the natural stability of gold, or the honesty and intelligence of members of government.

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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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I have no interest in increasing the size of government. I just want to make sure we have got a smart government that is regulating, for example, the financial institutions smartly, so I don't have to engage in any kind of bank bailouts.

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In Africa, you often see that the difference between a village where everybody eats and a village where people starve is government. One has a functioning government, and the other does not. Which is why it bothers me when I hear people say that government is the enemy. They don't understand its fundamental role.

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