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Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection.

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Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

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Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.

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When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's benefit. Trust them; leave them alone.

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We want to go in for suffering, and there may be torture. If we put the women in front the Government may hesitate to inflict on us all the penalty that they might otherwise inflict.

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The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

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Aristocracy: government by the badly educated.

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The British Government in India constitutes a struggle between modern civilization, which is the Kingdom of Satan, and the ancient civilization, which is the Kingdom of God.

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It is only the novice in political economy who thinks it is the duty of government to make its citizens happy - government has no such office.

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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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Under a Labour government, there's virtually nowhere you can put your savings where they would be safe from the state. ... If you put money in a sock they'd probably nationalize socks.

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Some things the legislator must find ready to his hand in a state, others he must provide. And therefore we can only say: May our state be constituted in such a manner as to be blessed with the goods of which fortune disposes (for we acknowledge her power): whereas virtue and goodness in the state are not a matter of chance but the result of knowledge and purpose. A city can be virtuous only when the citizens who have a share in the government are virtuous, and in our state all the citizens share in the government.

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If you hear what people had to say about Abraham Lincoln or what they had to say about FDR, or what they had to say about Ronald Reagan when he first came in and was trying to change our approach to government, that elicited huge responses.

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My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

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

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

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

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To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.

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Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call.

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[Giving welfare to poor people] is the equivalent of the government sending [fat people] a jumbo bag of Bugles in the mail twice a month.

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