“Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.”
— William Hague
Author: William Hague
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“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.”
— Ayn Rand
Author: Ayn Rand
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“Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.”
— George W. Bush
Author: George W. Bush
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“Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.”
— Donald Rumsfeld
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“Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.”
— Louise Slaughter
Author: Louise Slaughter
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“All that a good government aims at… is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.”
— James F. Cooper
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“Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.”
— Woodrow Wilson
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“The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.”
— Barry Goldwater
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“No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.”
— Damian Lewis
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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.”
— Calvin Coolidge
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“For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for.”
— Marco Rubio
Author: Marco Rubio
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