Plato Quotes, Men Quotes, Government Quotes

As the government is, such will be the man.

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Here in Europe some of the challenges have to do with structures that are so complicated. You've got Brussels, and you've got parliament, you've got councils and then you've got national governments. So people sometimes don't feel as if they know who's making decisions, and the more that we can bring people in and engage them, the better. Some of it is also cultural and social, people's sense of identity.

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Governments which have a regard to the common interest are constituted in accordance with strict principles of justice, and are therefore true forms; but those which regard only the interest of the rulers are all defective and perverted forms, for they are despotic, whereas a state is a community of freemen.

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Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Government Quotes , Tyrants Quotes

Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.

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Our enemies are a radical network of terrorists - and every government that supports them.

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Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Government Quotes

When our sailors in the Persian Gulf accidentally strayed into Iranian waters, that could have sparked a major international incident. Some folks here in Washington rushed to declare that it was the start of another hostage crisis. Instead, we worked directly with the Iranian government and secured the release of our sailors in less than 24 hours.

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I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

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What makes [cyber security] difficult is because it's not just a government problem. It is a private sector and government problem. And there's gotta be a lot more cooperation.

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It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money.

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Tags : Margaret Thatcher Quotes , Government Quotes , Pay Quotes

A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.

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Tags : Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes , Government Quotes , People Quotes

There is no art which government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.

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Governments and politicians use the family as an indicator of the health and strength of social life. Politicians fear that any weakening of family life will in some way sap the vitality of national life.... The family is also important to businessmen. It is one of the major purchasing groups of our consumer society.

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For decades, our differences with Iran meant that our governments almost never spoke to each other. Ultimately, that did not advance America's interests.

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Our government shouldn't make promises we cannot keep, but we must keep the promises we've already made.

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I've never needed government to hold my hand.

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Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires - a wiretap requires a court order. [...] Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. [...]

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[N]o country can be well governed unless its citizens as a body keep religiously before their minds that they are the guardians of the law and that the law officers are only the machinery for its execution, nothing more.

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Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Country Quotes , Government Quotes

I charge my wealthy clients a lot and put 10 per cent in a fund which I use to pay the expenses of my poorer clients. When the government gangs up on the poor schnook in the street, someone has to stand up for him.

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Tags : Alan Dershowitz Quotes , Government Quotes , Use Quotes

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts.

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Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Power Quotes , Government Quotes