“Talk is cheap – except when Congress does it.”
— Cullen Hightower
Author: Cullen Hightower
Category: government
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Democrats want to use the slowdown as
“Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger government and less trade with other nations.”
— Mitt Romney
Author: Mitt Romney
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The best government is a benevolent tyranny
“The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.”
— Voltaire
Author: Voltaire
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A claim for equality of material position
“A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.”
— Friedrich August von Hayek
Author: Friedrich August von Hayek
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For wide swaths of training and education
“For wide swaths of training and education there are valuable spillovers which mean that the private sector needs support from the government. That is why I have been so determined to protect and grow apprenticeships and put higher education on a sustainable footing.”
— Vince Cable
Author: Vince Cable
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In our civilization, and under our republican
“In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.”
— Ambrose Bierce
Author: Ambrose Bierce
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The genius of our ruling class is
“The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.”
— Gore Vidal
Author: Gore Vidal
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We campaigned on the fact that we
“We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought.”
— Theresa May
Author: Theresa May
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Government itself is founded upon the great
“Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.”
— Leland Stanford
Author: Leland Stanford
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The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I
“The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that.”
— Hillary Clinton
Author: Hillary Clinton
Category: government
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No government is here forever. And there
“No government is here forever. And there are other forces – the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business – doing good for the environment.”
— Jared Diamond
Author: Jared Diamond
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