“From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence.”
— Tony Campolo
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Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too
“Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.”
— Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin Franklin
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The way people in democracies think of
“The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.”
— Lewis Mumford
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No Government can be long secure without
“No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.”
— Benjamin Disraeli
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
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No government ought to be without censors;
“No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.”
— Thomas Jefferson
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I have long believed taxpayers make better
“I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.”
— Kay Bailey Hutchison
Author: Kay Bailey Hutchison
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That no government, so called, can reasonably
“That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support.”
— Lysander Spooner
Author: Lysander Spooner
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When any government, or any church for
“When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.”
— Robert A. Heinlein
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive
“Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.”
— Edmund Burke
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A wise and frugal Government, which shall
“A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.”
— Thomas Jefferson
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Government is not reason; it is not
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”
— George Washington
Author: George Washington
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