Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.
Government is an evil it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.
I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.
To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.
When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.
I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.
I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government.
As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and cut federal taxes and he eliminated many regulations, but he also raised taxes when necessary.
A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense.
The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.
When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.
There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
We don't need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again.
When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.
A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
Though the people support the government the government should not support the people.
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.
Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government.
Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses. That is, they believe that for years and years and years, the people with wealth and power or government power have done well and ordinary people have not. That's true.
No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
Folks, the most insidious part of this whole health care scheme is that all of these vast medical expenditures will become nothing more than government budget items. We individuals will no longer exist. The relationship between a government and citizen will change forever.
And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.
No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
If Liberia has failed, then, it is no evidence of the failure of the Negro in government. It is merely evidence of the failure of slavery.
For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.
The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.
Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well, but that it has limits.
The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.
We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty and individual liberty requires limited government.
Barack Obama's enemies are the people who make this country work. Barack Obama's enemies are those who succeed. Those are the people whose income he wants to redistribute. Those are the people whose income he wants to take, using the power and the force of the federal government to do it.
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
So Indian policy has become institutionalized and the result has been that American people have become more dependent on government and that the American people have become more dependent on corporations.
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.