Theodore Roosevelt Quotes, Strong Quotes, Government Quotes

The fortunes amassed through corporate organization are now so large, and vest such power in those that wield them, as to make it a matter of necessity to give to the sovereign - that is, to the Government, which represents the people as a whole - some effective power of supervision over their corporate use. In order to insure a healthy social and industrial life, every big corporation should be held responsible by, and be accountable to, some sovereign strong enough to control its conduct.

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All modern philosophizing is political, policed by governments, churches, academics, custom, fashion, and human cowardice, all off which limit it to a fake learnedness.

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The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.

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GOVERNMENT has no rights; it is a delegation from several individuals for the purpose of securing their own. It is therefore just, only so far as it exists by their consent, useful only so far as it operates to their well-being.

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Tags : Percy Bysshe Shelley Quotes , Rights Quotes , Government Quotes

The antidote to this abuse of formal Government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Character Quotes , Government Quotes

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

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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

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Tags : Saint Augustine Quotes , Peace Quotes , Government Quotes

The institutions that we've built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don't apply to the private sector. The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations. The Freedom of Information Act doesn't apply to Silicon Valley. And you can't impeach Google if it breaks its 'Don't be evil' campaign pledge.

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The national government...will maintain and defend the foundations on which the power of our nation rests. It will offer strong protection to Christianity as the very basis of our collective morality.

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Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth

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Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Inspiration Quotes , Government Quotes

It's the Labour Government that have brought us record peacetime taxation. They've got the usual Socialist disease - they've run out of other people's money.

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The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.

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Tags : Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes , Government Quotes , Class 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

You know the critical thing with the Communist countries is Communism, which by definition consists of control by the government.

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The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal obstruction and nuisance with which we have to contend... The cheat and bully and malefactor we meet everywhere is the Government.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Teaching Quotes , Government Quotes

The Government of the Reich, who regard Christianity as the unshakable foundation of the morals and moral code of the nation, attach the greatest value to friendly relations with the Holy See and are endeavouring to develop them.

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The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.

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No matter what the cause was and wherever it was, Indian governments must never requisition the services of British soldiers to deal with civil disturbances.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Government Quotes , British Soldiers Quotes

To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers.

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Tags : Adam Smith Quotes , Government Quotes , Sight Quotes

Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.

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