Adam McKay Quotes, Military Quotes, Government Quotes

“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”

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Taxation is the legitimate support of government.

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Tags : Adolphe Thiers Quotes , Government Quotes , Support Quotes

I am not anti-English, I am not anti-British, I am not anti-any Government, but I am anti-untruth, anti-humbug and anti-injustice.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Government Quotes , Injustice Quotes

We must settle this question now -- whether in a free government the minority have the right to break it up whenever they choose. If we fail, it will go far to prove the incapability of the people to govern themselves.

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Tags : Abraham Lincoln Quotes , Government Quotes , People Quotes

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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If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

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Tags : Plato Quotes , Government Quotes , Political Quotes

Making change tolerable is one of the duties of Government.

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If you want a government that's going to do the things we ask our government to do, you've got to get it from somebody.

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When the civil rights community raised a lot of concerns around the nomination of Mr. Sessions, Senator Sessions, one of the things was that he`s on record of saying things intrusive, like voting rights,that he doesn`t believe the federal government should interfere with local policing, almost like states` rights kind of rhetoric.

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I must have dialogue with the Chinese government, and dialogue requires compromise. Therefore, I'm speaking for genuine self-rule, not for independence.

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Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Government Quotes , Self Quotes

There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place.

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The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today.

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Tags : William Henry Harrison Quotes , Adventure Quotes , Government Quotes

Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.

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Tags : Woodrow Wilson Quotes , Power Quotes , Government Quotes

If you're a progressive, you've got to be worried about how the federal government is spending its revenue, because we don't have enough money to spend on things like early childhood education that are so important.

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I would with such perfection govern, sir, T'excel the golden age.

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Tags : William Shakespeare Quotes , Government Quotes , Perfection Quotes

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

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The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.

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When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving.

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Tags : Laozi Quotes , Government Quotes , People Quotes

Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to governments – and to organized religions as well. That is why governments and religious organizations seek to control education.

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Tags : Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes , Religious Quotes , Government Quotes

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

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