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title: "24 America Government Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 24 America Government quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best America Government sayings and thoughts."
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> [This is the United States of America and the government cannot intrude into worship. We stand on that amendment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-macarthur/this-is-the-united-states-of-america-and-the-government-cannot/)

[John MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-macarthur/)

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> [In America the government took the land from the Indians and then established laws protecting private property.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-francis-poussaint/in-america-the-government-took-the-land-from-the-indians-and-then/)

[Alvin Francis Poussaint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-francis-poussaint/)

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> [In America, we will have a government of, by and for the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/in-america-we-will-have-a-government-of-by-and-for-the-people/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/we-in-america-do-not-have-government-by-the-majority-we-have/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [In America, we have a government that is now run by white nationalists, by billionaires, by incredible misogynists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/in-america-we-have-a-government-that-is-now-run-by-white-nationalists/)

[Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/)

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> [America's government has to get the public investments right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/america-s-government-has-to-get-the-public-investments-right/)

[Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/)

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> [Go back to bed America, your government is in control again. Go back to bed America... you are free to do as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/go-back-to-bed-america-your-government-is-in-control-again-go-back-to/)

[Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/)

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> [Politics doesn't work. Look at the parts of America where government has had the most power, where government has spent the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/politics-doesn-t-work-look-at-the-parts-of-america-where-government/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

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> [We need our president to be successful because our futures are all tied to the success of America, which means America's government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/we-need-our-president-to-be-successful-because-our-futures-are-all/)

[Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/)

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> [America is still a government of the naive, for the naive, and by the naive. He who does not know this, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/america-is-still-a-government-of-the-naive-for-the-naive-and-by-the/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

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> [Here in America, government began as a tool to assure freedom. It gradually turned into a hideously expensive political toy designed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-skousen/here-in-america-government-began-as-a-tool-to-assure-freedom-it/)

[Mark Skousen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-skousen/)

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> [This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brosnan/this-man-called-president-bush-has-a-lot-to-answer-for-i-don-t-know/)

[Pierce Brosnan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brosnan/)

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> [Shut up! Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control. Here's Love Connection. Watch this and get fat and stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/shut-up-go-back-to-bed-america-your-government-is-in-control-here-s/)

[Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/)

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> [America's government is not even aware of the gap between its commitments and action, because almost nobody in authority understands the actions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-sachs/america-s-government-is-not-even-aware-of-the-gap-between-its/)

[Jeffrey Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-sachs/)

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> [President Obama's biggest advocates believe that Americans are ready to embrace his vision for the United States: a less muscular America on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-shapiro/president-obama-s-biggest-advocates-believe-that-americans-are-ready/)

[Ben Shapiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-shapiro/)

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> [It's time that America's government lived by the same values as America's families. It's time we invested in America's future and made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-reid/it-s-time-that-america-s-government-lived-by-the-same-values-as/)

[Harry Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-reid/)

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> [Government is as unreal, as intangible, as unapproachable as God. Try it, if you don't believe it. Seek through the legislative halls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltairine-de-cleyre/government-is-as-unreal-as-intangible-as-unapproachable-as-god-try-it/)

[Voltairine de Cleyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltairine-de-cleyre/)

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> [Senior development specialists in the Treasury can be counted on one hand. America's government is not even aware of the gap between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-sachs/senior-development-specialists-in-the-treasury-can-be-counted-on-one/)

[Jeffrey Sachs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-sachs/)

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> [How do you pledge allegiance to a government? That's all America is: a government. There's no such thing as 'we're Americans.' That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-stanhope/how-do-you-pledge-allegiance-to-a-government-that-s-all-america-is-a/)

[Doug Stanhope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-stanhope/)

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> [I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyler/i-believe-in-the-united-states-of-america-as-a-government-of-the/)

[William Tyler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyler/)

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> [The America of Obama's dreams is not the one of self-reliance and entrepreneurship to which he paid phony lip service at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-limbaugh/the-america-of-obama-s-dreams-is-not-the-one-of-self-reliance-and/)

[David Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-limbaugh/)

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> [Go back to bed, America, your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed America, your government is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/go-back-to-bed-america-your-government-has-figured-out-how-it-all/)

[Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/)

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> [That's not how national security works... I don't care what the Supreme Court said 30 years ago or what some judge said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-levin/that-s-not-how-national-security-works-i-don-t-care-what-the-supreme/)

[Mark Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-levin/)

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> ["Big" government? Who wants that? I just want effective government. That means America's government needs to be big in some places, small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/big-government-who-wants-that-i-just-want-effective-government-that/)

[Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/)

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                        "text": "How do you pledge allegiance to a government? That's all America is: a government. There's no such thing as 'we're Americans.' That's just trivial bullshit to get you rooting for the home team. You're not an American. You're a guy, you're a person, you're an individual.",
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                        "text": "Go back to bed, America, your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed America, your government is in control. Here, here's American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up, go back to bed America, here is American Gladiators, here is 56 channels of it! Watch these pituitary retards bang their fucking skulls together and congratulate you on the living in the land of freedom. Here you go America - you are free to do what well tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!",
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                        "text": "That's not how national security works... I don't care what the Supreme Court said 30 years ago or what some judge said 15 minutes ago. This is America, and our government is collecting way too damn much data on we the private citizens!",
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                        "text": "\"Big\" government? Who wants that? I just want effective government. That means America's government needs to be big in some places, small in others and non-existent in others.",
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