Quote Genre: Government

Benjamin Disraeli – ‘No Government can be long se…

‘No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.’

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Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle – ‘To govern is always to choos…

‘To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.’

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Kung Fu-tzu Confucius – ‘An oppressive government is …

‘An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.’

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Supreme Court – ‘Federal commandeering of sta…

‘Federal commandeering of state governments is such a novel phenomenon that this Court?s first experience with it did not occur until the 1970?s….later opinions of ours have made clear that the Federal Government may not compel the States to implement … Continue reading →

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John C. Calhoun – ‘A power has risen up in the …

‘A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves consisting of many and various and powerful interests combined into one mass and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks.’

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I. F. Stone – ‘Every government is run by l…

‘Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.’

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Gerry Spence – ‘Government [is] operated by …

‘Government [is] operated by deeply embedded hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept every living idea and smother it.’

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William F. Buckley Jr. – ‘The best defense against usu…

‘The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.’

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Jean-Paul Sartre – ‘Man is not the sum of what h…

‘Man is not the sum of what he has but the totality of what he does not yet have of what he might have.’

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Theodore Roosevelt – ‘We stand equally against gov…

‘We stand equally against government by a plutocracy and government by a mob. 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 … Continue reading →

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