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title: "131 Government Does Quotes by 116 authors"
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> [What counts in the end is what the government does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/what-counts-in-the-end-is-what-the-government-does/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

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> [“A good government does dirty jobs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toba-beta/a-good-government-does-dirty-jobs/)

[Toba Beta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toba-beta/)

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> [Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/government-does-not-solve-problems-it-subsidizes-them/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cofer-black/the-united-states-government-does-not-negotiate-with-terrorists/)

[Cofer Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cofer-black/)

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> [Government does not create jobs. Government does not create jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/government-does-not-create-jobs-government-does-not-create-jobs/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

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> [The government never does anything successfully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-badnarik/the-government-never-does-anything-successfully/)

[Michael Badnarik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-badnarik/)

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> [A hated government does not long survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/a-hated-government-does-not-long-survive/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Government does the least good and the most harm through subsidies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cook/government-does-the-least-good-and-the-most-harm-through-subsidies/)

[James Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cook/)

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> [Government does not create jobs, it only creates the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-daniels/government-does-not-create-jobs-it-only-creates-the-conditions-that/)

[Mitch Daniels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-daniels/)

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> [Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/outside-of-its-legitimate-function-government-does-nothing-as-well-or/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [When government does more than guard against the initiation of force, inevitably it becomes a means of theft and bamboozlement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-j-boudreaux/when-government-does-more-than-guard-against-the-initiation-of-force/)

[Donald J. Boudreaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-j-boudreaux/)

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> [Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trent-lott/government-does-best-when-it-helps-people-help-themselves-human/)

[Trent Lott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trent-lott/)

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> [You've got to learn to handle the press because god knows the government does all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-stewart/you-ve-got-to-learn-to-handle-the-press-because-god-knows-the/)

[Lynne Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-stewart/)

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> [The right of self-government does not comprehend the government of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-right-of-self-government-does-not-comprehend-the-government-of/)

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

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> [Government does not grow by seizing our freedoms, but by assuming our responsibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-cloud/government-does-not-grow-by-seizing-our-freedoms-but-by-assuming-our/)

[Mike Cloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-cloud/)

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> [The only thing government does better than killing is lying and covering things up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-britton/the-only-thing-government-does-better-than-killing-is-lying-and/)

[Edward Britton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-britton/)

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> [“After investigating the government for more than two decades and authoring books on its secret programs, it’s been my experience that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/after-investigating-the-government-for-more-than-two-decades-and/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Nothing for the Left, nothing the government does is ever about its superficial reason; it's only and always about expanding government power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-crowley/nothing-for-the-left-nothing-the-government-does-is-ever-about-its/)

[Monica Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-crowley/)

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> [Twitter is growing up, expanding into other countries, and recognizing that the Internet is contrary to what people hoped; the government does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-mackinnon/twitter-is-growing-up-expanding-into-other-countries-and-recognizing/)

[Rebecca MacKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-mackinnon/)

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> [No matter what government does or does not do, people need to remember the power is in their hands to make their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-colby/no-matter-what-government-does-or-does-not-do-people-need-to-remember/)

[Danielle Colby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-colby/)

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> [We have gotten to the point where everything the government does is counterproductive; the conclusion, of course, is that the government should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/we-have-gotten-to-the-point-where-everything-the-government-does-is/)

[Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/)

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> [“Government” itself does no harm, because it is a fictional entity. But the belief in “government” – the notion that some people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larken-rose/government-itself-does-no-harm-because-it-is-a-fictional-entity-but/)

[Larken Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larken-rose/)

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> [Every dollar the Federal Government does not take from us, every decision it does not make for us will make our economy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/every-dollar-the-federal-government-does-not-take-from-us-every/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darrell-issa/i-ve-always-been-fond-of-the-saying-that-when-it-comes-to-oversight/)

[Darrell Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darrell-issa/)

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> [The government pretends to be endowed with the mystical power to accord favors out of an inexhaustible horn of plenty. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-government-pretends-to-be-endowed-with-the-mystical-power-to/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [“If “we are the government,” then anything a government does to an individual is not only just and untyrannical but also “voluntary”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-n-rothbard/if-we-are-the-government-then-anything-a-government-does-to-an/)

[Murray N. Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-n-rothbard/)

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> [The government does not need to know more about what we are doing. We need to know more about what the government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-government-does-not-need-to-know-more-about-what-we-are-doing-we/)

[Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/)

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> [Government has laid its hand on health, housing, farming, industry, commerce, education, and to an ever-increasing degree interferes with the people's right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/government-has-laid-its-hand-on-health-housing-farming-industry/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [Whether you have an abortion, what you put in your own body, with whom you have sex - these are not affairs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/whether-you-have-an-abortion-what-you-put-in-your-own-body-with-whom/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

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> [Today many politicians suggest that where the federal government does not act, there must be anarchy. That view is odd, blinkering out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/today-many-politicians-suggest-that-where-the-federal-government-does/)

[Amity Shlaes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amity-shlaes/)

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> [Government should enforce rule of law. It should enforce contracts, it should protect people bodily from being attacked by criminals. And when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grover-norquist/government-should-enforce-rule-of-law-it-should-enforce-contracts-it/)

[Grover Norquist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grover-norquist/)

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> [Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem. ... Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Government's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/government-is-not-a-solution-to-our-problem-government-is-the-problem-2/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [We are a government that does its homework and listens to the public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gladys-berejiklian/we-are-a-government-that-does-its-homework-and-listens-to-the-public/)

[Gladys Berejiklian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gladys-berejiklian/)

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> [Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautam-adani/dealing-with-the-government-does-not-mean-you-have-to-give-a-bribe/)

[Gautam Adani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautam-adani/)

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> [When government does its job properly people are free to do theirs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/when-government-does-its-job-properly-people-are-free-to-do-theirs/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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> [“When the government does the job of a parent, that's socialism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marybeth-hicks/when-the-government-does-the-job-of-a-parent-that-s-socialism/)

[Marybeth Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marybeth-hicks/)

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> [I know a lot about what government does do, can do, should do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-lujan-grisham/i-know-a-lot-about-what-government-does-do-can-do-should-do/)

[Michelle Lujan Grisham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-lujan-grisham/)

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> [Most everything government does is worse than useless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cook/most-everything-government-does-is-worse-than-useless/)

[James Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cook/)

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> [The government does not and cannot create jobs. Only entrepreneurs do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sher-valenzuela/the-government-does-not-and-cannot-create-jobs-only-entrepreneurs-do/)

[Sher Valenzuela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sher-valenzuela/)

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> [There are a lot of things that government doesn't do well. One of things that government does do well is build stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-cornett/there-are-a-lot-of-things-that-government-doesn-t-do-well-one-of/)

[Mick Cornett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-cornett/)

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## Top authors on Government Does

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