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Governance Quotes (page 80)

War...strengthened the position of the armament industries...to a point...that these industries dominated the economies and therefore the governments of all the participating nations...war barbarised and lowered the already very low level of accepted conduct. Doris Lessing
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand. Barack Obama
Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced, continued, or concluded. Thy are barred from the latter functions by a great principle in free government, analogous to that which separates the sword from the purse, or the power of executing from the power of enacting laws. James Madison
Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can be advanced against further encroachments. Ludwig von Mises
Lefever describes his financing plan with modesty:"'Our detailed budget is realistic, but does not take into account the inflation that may occur before September 1983. The one place it could cut or reduce is item 7, the simultaneous interpreter services, if these services could be provided gratis by the U.S. government.'"In other words, the only way to make a saving on a U.S.-subsidized project is to take money out of another U.S.-subsidized column. Christopher Hitchens
Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment. Ronald Reagan
You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat them word for word. Their spirit is something else again. As for governing, one must first be lowest before being highest. Lloyd Alexander
Will Rogers quote: "It's a good thing the American people aren't getting all the..."
It's a good thing the American people aren't getting all the government they're paying for. Will Rogers
I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality Mahatma Gandhi
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "I believe that in time we will have reached the point where..."
I believe that in time we will have reached the point where we will deserve to be free of government. Jorge Luis Borges
We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it's all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It's the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians. Bertolt Brecht
Anthony Burgess quote: "We're a government that believes in everybody having the..."
...We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will. Anthony Burgess
Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state,' therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society. Thomas Jefferson
Thornton Wilder quote: "Perhaps she would learn in time to permit both her daughter..."
Perhaps she would learn in time to permit both her daughter and her gods to govern their own affairs. Thornton Wilder
Ronald Reagan quote: "If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid..."
If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question. Ronald Reagan

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