George W. Bush Quotes, Government Quotes, Self Quotes

There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it's only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it's only, you know, white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government. I reject that notion.

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That rule is the better which is exercised over better subjects.

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Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Government Quotes

The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

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Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Government Quotes , Order Quotes

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

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He is almost a statesman. He lies well.

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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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There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a Democrat like myself must admit this.

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Tags : Theodore Roosevelt Quotes , War Quotes , Government 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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Where it is a general rule that it is wrong to gratify lovers, this can be attributed to the defects of those who make that rule: the government's lust for rule and the subjects' cowardice.

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Tags : Plato Quotes , Government Quotes , Lust Quotes

You know, what's interesting about Washington...It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second-nature.

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It is said that every people has the Government it deserves. It is more to the point that every Government has the electorate it deserves; for the orator of the front bench can edify or debauch an ignorant electorate at will.

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Tags : George Bernard Shaw Quotes , Honesty Quotes , Government Quotes

We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us.

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Torture anywhere is an affront to human dignity everywhere... I call on all governments to join with the United States and the community of law-abiding nations in prohibiting, investigating, and prosecuting all acts of torture.

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Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.

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Tags : Adam Smith Quotes , Government Quotes , Liberty Quotes

Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.

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It is a travesty, in my mind, for the state and local governments on the one hand to expect the Federal government to reimburse them for costs attributable to illegal immigrants, when on the other hand the State and local governments prohibit their own law enforcement and other officials from cooperating with the Immigration and Naturalization Service to locate or apprehend or expel illegal aliens.

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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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Tags : Adam Smith Quotes , Art Quotes , Government Quotes

Initiative and referendum make government more responsive to its citizens, neutralize the power of the special interests and stimulate public involvement in state issues.

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We will not be silent. We will not obey. We will not allow our government to destroy our humanity.

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Tags : Adam Kokesh Quotes , Government Quotes , Humanity Quotes

The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.

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Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Art Quotes , Government Quotes