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"782 Government Quotes

I want the representative of the press to always attend our Federal Allocation Committee (FAC) meetings. That shows how transparent I run this government.

Press Always Show Run
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I told workers, no governor or public office holder can steal without the cooperation of a civil worker.

Public Civil Holder Steal
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We don't have the experience on how to put papers right. We don't write papers, all we do is approve papers.

Approve Papers Right Write
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Opposition will keep the government of the day on their toes to do the right thing.

Right Keep Day Toes
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A civil servant who absconds from work, yet collect his salary, is another civil servant not the one to process his payment?

Civil Work Process Servant
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All that governors do is to approve the money, it is civil servants that pay civil servants.

Approve Civil Money Pay
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Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

Form Government Grown Hostile
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It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

Basis Citizen Defense Down
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The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

Authorized Congress Constitution Declaring
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If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.

Back Happens Him Me
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I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.

Church Corporation Dead Equally
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Declare Church and State forever separate and distinct, but each free within their proper spheres, and that all church property shall bear its own proportion of taxation.

Bear Church Church And State Declare
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It takes time for people to understand how to hold leaders accountable.

Accountable Hold How Leaders
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Fascism is capitalism plus murder.
Capitalism Fascism Plus Plus
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I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.

Also Am Environment Governance
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We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.

Blaming Destroying Environment Fond
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I think about this every day. I wonder, 'Is today the day where everybody stops lying to themselves and realises that the government is the enemy?'

About Day Enemy Every
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Sadism is all right in its place, but it should be directed to proper ends.

Directed Ends Place Proper
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Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

Carrying Discipline Effective First
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We took such a beating on Bofors. As far as I know, no one from my government was involved.

Beating Far Government Involved
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So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

Enemies Example Governments Individuals
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I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's the government's role to provide everything.

Agree Compassion Disagree Emphasis
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We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Encourages Helps Must Neutrality
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If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.

Been Commission Crisis Current
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Part of my job is to make sense of all that I hear, and to retell it in a forceful way so that the decision-makers at Treasury can hear it. At least that's how I see it.

Forceful Hear How I See
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People feel like the system is rigged against them, and here is the painful part, they're right. The system is rigged.

Against Feel Here Like
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Mitt Romney is the guy who said corporations are people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not people.

Corporations Governor Governor Romney Guy
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President Obama believes in a level playing field.
Believes Field Level Level Playing Field
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America had been a boom-and-bust economy going into the Great Depression - just over and over and over, fortunes were wiped out, ordinary families were crushed under it.

America Been Crushed Depression
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G.E. doesn't pay any taxes, and we are asking college kids to take on even more debt to get an education and asking seniors to get by on less. These aren't just economic questions. These are moral questions.

Any Asking College College Kids
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Republicans say they don't believe in government. Sure they do. They believe in government to help themselves and their powerful friends.

Believe Friends Government Help
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If large financial institutions can break the law and accumulate million in profits - and, if they get caught, settle by paying out of those profits - they do not have much incentive to follow the law.

Accumulate Break Caught Financial
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Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.

Proposals Time Rejected Again
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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.

Reason Strong Intelligible World
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Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

Bad Dullness Excellence Good
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I don't think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I'm not sure he even knows how to spell Aids.

About AIDS Anything Bush
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Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.

April Believe Day Democrats
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The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

Civil Civil Service Examination Federal
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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Could Economy Few Government
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Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.

Armed Deadly Frightening Hit
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No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!

Actually Bureau Disappear Earth
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If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.

Around Been Creator Environmental
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Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

Acknowledged Freedom God Law
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Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Does Government Problems Solve
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Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse.

Along Better Government Invent
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I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

British Felt Identity Interested
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Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
Care Find First Get
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My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don't like some of the things the government is doing.

America Any Because Being
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When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.

Accept Answer Ask Because
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If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be 'Citizens United.' I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

Buy Citizens Decision Democracy
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