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title: "14 Government Citizens Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 14 Government Citizens quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Government Citizens sayings and thoughts."
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> [There is no need for neighborhood informants and paper dossiers if the government can see citizens' every Web site visit, e-mail and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-cohen/there-is-no-need-for-neighborhood-informants-and-paper-dossiers-if/)

[Adam Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-cohen/)

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> [Taxation is, in fact, the most difficult function of government and that against which their citizens are most apt to be refractory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/taxation-is-in-fact-the-most-difficult-function-of-government-and/)

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

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> [The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mandelbaum/the-government-can-give-citizens-opportunity-and-it-s-their/)

[Michael Mandelbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mandelbaum/)

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> [Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-luis-rodriguez-zapatero/markets-are-very-important-but-for-the-government-the-citizens-are/)

[Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-luis-rodriguez-zapatero/)

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> [Of course in a democracy the government and the citizens have to abide by court rulings, even if we don't like them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayelet-shaked/of-course-in-a-democracy-the-government-and-the-citizens-have-to/)

[Ayelet Shaked](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayelet-shaked/)

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> [The number one job of the federal government is to keep its citizens safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltz/the-number-one-job-of-the-federal-government-is-to-keep-its-citizens/)

[Michael Waltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltz/)

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> [ To draw around the whole nation the strength of the General Government as a barrier against foreign foes... is \[one of the\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/to-draw-around-the-whole-nation-the-strength-of-the-general/)

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

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> [Under a democratical government the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abused, and afterwards lost, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/under-a-democratical-government-the-citizens-exercise-the-powers-of/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/our-country-is-too-large-to-have-all-its-affairs-directed-by-a-single/)

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

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> [I believe that in order for our democratic system to work as intended, the average person must have faith in their government.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elissa-slotkin/i-believe-that-in-order-for-our-democratic-system-to-work-as-intended/)

[Elissa Slotkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elissa-slotkin/)

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> [“After all of this, I was beginning to feel that the way people got news shouldn’t be in the hands of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bella-forrest/after-all-of-this-i-was-beginning-to-feel-that-the-way-people-got/)

[Bella Forrest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bella-forrest/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/bella-forrest-1214_breaking-the-rules_after-all-of-this-i-was-beginning-to-fee_1645881.jpg)

> [The bigger the government, the less the citizens do for one another. If the state will take care of me and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/the-bigger-the-government-the-less-the-citizens-do-for-one-another-if/)

[Dennis Prager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-prager/)

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> [God ordained and established civil government, but only to serve the common good. A civil government that oppresses its people and acts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-l-dreisbach/god-ordained-and-established-civil-government-but-only-to-serve-the/)

[Daniel L Dreisbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-l-dreisbach/)

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> [As a citizen of Ireland I have more sovereignty over our government. Because citizens now have more ways of holding the Irish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robinson/as-a-citizen-of-ireland-i-have-more-sovereignty-over-our-government/)

[Mary Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robinson/)

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