Government Quotes · Page 801

John Brown's zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light; his was as…

— Frederick Douglass

The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.

— Douglas MacArthur

Clearly we must do everything we can to protect our country from the serious potential of another terrorist attack, but we can…

— Bernie Sanders

If you surrender everything to the government and give it total power to plan the whole economy, this will not guarantee your…

— Ayn Rand

My dad was ex-military, so I was raised to always know about current events, particularly what was going on with the military…

— Harris Faulkner

The government pretends to be endowed with the mystical power to accord favors out of an inexhaustible horn of plenty. It is…

— Ludwig von Mises

The government should take all responsibility to continue with the social appeasement projects in disadvantaged neighborhoods to improve people's conditions.

— Jovenel Moise

People are voluntarily giving money to A.E.I. - there is no government money - because they think the work we do is…

— Charles Murray

In Cuba, His Holiness [Pope Francis] won't find a government that protects its people and their God-given rights. Instead, he will find…

— Marco Rubio

Does anyone believe for one moment that the progress we have made would have been possible under bureaucratic control of any government.…

— Roger Babson

I think Americans is a very special nation that was created so that people could be free. And they could be free…

— Benjamin Carson

If you're going to have a public subsidy to education, vouchers are clearly a better way of delivering it. They should result…

— Peter Brimelow

All lawful authority, legislative, and executive, originates from the people.

— James Burgh

Notwithstanding the trouble, notwithstanding the argument, notwithstanding the increasingly heavy hand of government, notwithstanding the spirit of arrogance we so often display,…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government,…

— Samuel Chase

Much of American wealth is an illusion which is being secretly gnawed away and much of it will be completely wiped out…

— Howard Ruff

A Conservative government will set immigration policy within a wider strategy that meets the changing demographic make-up of Britain, taking full account…

— Dominic Grieve

government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior.

— Camille Paglia

But again, you know, the views that we've expressed are transferring power back from the federal government to the states, giving Alaska…

— Joe Miller

The United States stands by its friends. Israel is one of its friends Peace can be based only on agreement between the…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I don't see how a socialist government can tolerate hunting on horseback. The people who do this are snobs; they're very well-to-do.

— Brigitte Bardot

While anyone who practices a religion has the right to their own religious truths, it doesn't give them the right to violate…

— Marianne Thieme

We intend to try by every means in our power to seize the country and create a government without bloodshed.

— Sun Yat-sen

Social change cannot come above the intellect, it comes about by people suffering. And the more people are related to that, the…

— Jacque Fresco

Under Reagan's policies, inflation and nominal GNP growth shriveled much faster than predicted, throwing off government revenue estimates and resulting in budget…

— Paul Craig Roberts