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"782 Government Quotes

Corruption is just another form of tyranny.

Corruption Tyranny Form Just
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Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.

Government Man Richer Poorer
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We must move away from an economy that is totally dependent on oil

Economy Move Oil Dependent.Totally
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When the law disarms good guys, bad guys rejoice.

Law Good Guys Bad
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Government that breaks its own laws can also easily break you.

Laws Government You Break
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Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

Government Left Mankind Own
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No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism.

Social system Happiness Health Prosperity
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When legislature is corrupted, the people are undone.

Legislature Corrupted People Undone
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So, if we lie to the government it's a felony. But if they lie to us it's politics
Government Politics Lie Felony
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Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change.

About Affairs Bring Britain
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Our votes must go together with our guns. After all, any vote we shall have, shall have been the product of the gun. The gun which produces the vote should remain its security officer - its guarantor. The people's votes and the people's guns are always inseparable twins.

After Always Any Been
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The society we have described can never grow into a reality or see the light of day, and there will be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed, my dear Glaucon, of humanity itself, till philosophers become rulers in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.

Society Describe Grow Reality
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Among a large class, there seemed to be a dependence upon the government for every conceivable thing. The members of this class had little ambition to create a position for themselves, but wanted the federal officials to create one for them. How many times I wished then and have often wished since, that by some power of magic, I might remove the great bulk of these people into the country districts and plant them upon the soil – upon the solid and never deceptive foundation of Mother Nature, where all nations and races that have ever succeeded have gotten their start – a start that at first may be slow and toilsome, but one that nevertheless is real.

Large Dependency Ambition Creat
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The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.

Right Buy Weapon Free
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

Easy Country Understand Mean
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The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.

Class Right People Ultimate
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Democracy is not a tearing down; it is a building up. It does not denial of the divine right of kings; it asserts the divine right of all men.

Down Divine Assert Denial
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It is our theory that the people own the government, not that the government should own the people.

Theory People Government Own
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It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Leadership Danger Celebrate Victory
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I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

Women Progress Community Progress
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“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.”
Leader Adjustment Optimist Complains
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“Creative leaders inherently know when rules need to be challenged, and they can see when a more flexible approach should be taken.”

Challenge Flexible Approach Taken
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“A great leader’s courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.”

Great Leader Courage Vision
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“Leaders don’t rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece.”

Leaders Attitude Pinnacle Everthing
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Leaders never outgrow the need to change.

Leaders Never Change Outgrow
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I don't think the government should be in the trailer-park business. I don't think they know how to run a trailer park.

Business Government Park Run
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We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair.

Agreements Before Billion Competition
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Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced.

Country Deficits Ever Experienced
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And the more technically developed a nation or race is, the more cruel, ruthless, predatory, and commercialized its systems tend to become … all because we continue to think like animals and have not learned how to think consistently like human beings.

Human Animal Race Cruel
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When a people lose the courage to resist encroachment on their rights, then they can’t be saved by an outside force. Our belief is that people always have the kind of government they want and that individuals must bear the risks of freedom, even to the extent of giving their lives.

People Courage Resist Right
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I think most people realize that our problems are our government, not me and you individually, except that we can - must have some sort of responsibility, because they're in there and they were elected, so we have to defend ourselves on those lines.

Because Defend Elected Except
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The state is captive to vested interests.

State Captive Vested Interests
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People exaggerate Corruption in Nigeria. It is not even our first or second problem, maybe the third.

First Even Problem People
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Democracy cannot thrive without freedom of the press.

Thrive Freedom Press Democracy
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The economy needs a stimulus. We MUST borrow. The notion of debt as a sin or something evil should be reviewed.

Economy Debt Evil Review
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We should have a debt that grows our productivity, we cant borrow to pay salaries. I can borrow to build power plants.

Borrow Build Debt Plant
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My recommendation is a compelling urgency for decentralisation. There is a necessity to decentralise the Police. We are under policed.

Under Urgency Policed Police
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Every state need not start with state policing if they can't fund it.

Fund State Start Every
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Our Work in Lagos was a Team Effort, I won’t appropriate personal responsibility for the Good Work

Good Team Work Effort
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Before we increase taxes, we must optimize the capacity to get that which is in the place.

Increase Place Capacity Before
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Competition stimulates productivity. There is no state that is unable to carry out productive activity.

Activity Unable State Stimulate
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Our infrastructure is behind, and if we don't invest money in infrastructure, we can't move forward. We can't borrow to pay salaries or fuel generators, we must borrow to pay for our Infrastructures.

Behind Invest Infrastructure Move
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It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

Morning Revolution System Believe
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Nigeria confuses kids by telling them to be patriotic irrespective of ethnicity only to use state of origin as admission criteria in schools.

Confuse Patriotic Origin State
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For Nigeria to make meaningful progress, our leaders have to be more interested in the price of leadership than in the perks of leadership.

Progress Leader Price Perk
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We should think twice before washing our dirty linen before the world. It doesn’t just reduce our opponents. It also reduces us to the world.

World Reduce Dirty Twice
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Its mental slavery to allow foreign media dictate what we think about Nigeria & her institutions. They cant love Nigeria more than Nigerians

Mental Media Dictate Love
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Whatever foreign activists say, we must appreciate our military. When push comes to shove, they are the only folks defending us from terror.

Push Shove Terror Military
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So sad that in Nigeria, very few want to participate in revenue generation yet everyone wants to participate in revenue allocation.

Sad Few Revenue Everyone
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The problem with Nigeria isn’t people, its the structure! If we don’t fix our structure, even an angel will have challenges leading Nigeria.

Fix People Problem Leading
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