“The Tea Party was born out of the disgust many Americans felt early in the financial crisis upon learning that the federal government was even contemplating reducing the principal on some troubled mortgages.”
— Mark Zandi
Author: Mark Zandi
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“It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights.”
— James Bovard
Author: James Bovard
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“The White House has a choice: They can change course, or they can double down on a vision of government that the American people have roundly rejected.”
— Mitch McConnell
Author: Mitch McConnell
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“The American formula for creating business is not to have the government create business.”
— John Sununu
Author: John Sununu
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“Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights.”
— Pete Stark
Author: Pete Stark
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“Americans want government that is leaner, more efficient, and less intrusive into their personal lives.”
— Rick Perry
Author: Rick Perry
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“A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.”
— Thomas Francis Meagher
Author: Thomas Francis Meagher
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“Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.”
— Otto von Bismarck
Author: Otto von Bismarck
Category: government
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“So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.”
— Thomas Jefferson
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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“The most powerful recent innovation in government is when states aggressively use community colleges for retraining. In Michigan, where large numbers of workers were displaced from the manufacturing industry, we created a wildly successful program: No Worker Left Behind.”
— Jennifer Granholm
Author: Jennifer Granholm
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“Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?”
— Michael Bloomberg
Author: Michael Bloomberg
Category: government
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