If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that… — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
The Roman Catholics must know as well as we do that 'Popery' when encouraged by government has always been dangerous to the… — Lord George Gordon Copy Share Image
Government is only a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
Some Iraqi troops aren't willing to fight for their government. But many Shiites appear willing to fight for their religious leaders. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
People feel overwhelmed by the news cycle, and by this nagging feeling that the kind of vitriol out of Washington is just… — Elissa Slotkin Copy Share Image
The First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution were being violated in Albany again and again - freedom… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
It used to be that your rights were infringed upon if the government punished or threatened you for expressing your sincerest beliefs.… — Matt Walsh Copy Share Image
Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Some kinds of government regulation of private consensual homosexual behavior may face substantial constitutional challenge. — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
They are exactly the persons who are to succeed to the government of our country and to rule its future enmities, its… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our Founding Fathers well understood that concentrated power is the enemy of liberty and the rights of man. They knew that the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Americans are sick of the idea of the government taking over everything and trying to run it. We don't know how to… — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
If the government did a good job of publicizing this information, my products wouldn't sell. — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen. — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
The present Indian government, however, is neither able or willing to accept the challenge and to provide the leadership in breaking the… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
In the election campaign of 1930, Hitler seldom spoke explicitly of Jews. The crude tirades of the early 1920s were missing altogether.… — Ian Kershaw Copy Share Image
I mean my life was a combination of fascination with other people, with politics, and with policy, and the impact of government… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Liberals don't believe in the ultimate concept of self-reliance, which is why they look to the government for stability. — Steven Crowder Copy Share Image
I think that what people want is for government to function... not through temper tantrums and saying we are not going to… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
As for Republicanism, no analogy could be found for it upon the face of the earth—unless we except the case of the… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
My dear fellow citizens: For forty years you have heard from my predecessors on this day different variations of the same theme:… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
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