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title: "12 Government Enemy Quotes by 12 authors"
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> [Government is the enemy of conservatism and freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/government-is-the-enemy-of-conservatism-and-freedom/)

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

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> [“A corporate controlled government is the enemy of the common people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/a-corporate-controlled-government-is-the-enemy-of-the-common-people/)

[Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/)

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> [Our own government has become our enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-baldwin/our-own-government-has-become-our-enemy/)

[Chuck Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-baldwin/)

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> [Government is the enemy until you need a friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cohen/government-is-the-enemy-until-you-need-a-friend/)

[William Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cohen/)

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> [Above all, ascribe no decent motives to the federal government. Always and everywhere, it is the enemy of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/llewellyn-rockwell/above-all-ascribe-no-decent-motives-to-the-federal-government-always/)

[Llewellyn Rockwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/llewellyn-rockwell/)

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> [Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mcgovern/democrats-believe-that-the-federal-government-is-not-our-enemy-it-s/)

[George McGovern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mcgovern/)

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> [If we quickly cast aside our constitutional form of government, then the enemy will not be the terrorists, it will be us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-conyers/if-we-quickly-cast-aside-our-constitutional-form-of-government-then/)

[John Conyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-conyers/)

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> [I think about this every day. I wonder, 'Is today the day where everybody stops lying to themselves and realises that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/skepta/i-think-about-this-every-day-i-wonder-is-today-the-day-where/)

[Skepta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/skepta/)

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> [“They view the government as their enemy, profit as their only friend – probably do not even see themselves as the traitors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-wareham/they-view-the-government-as-their-enemy-profit-as-their-only-friend/)

[Andrew Wareham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-wareham/)

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> [We're a country that abhors the government. From Reagan on, many people think the government is the enemy in the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kuznick/we-re-a-country-that-abhors-the-government-from-reagan-on-many-people/)

[Peter Kuznick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kuznick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/peter-kuznick-49729_country_we-re-a-country-that-abhors-the-governme_1307087.jpg)

> [In Africa, you often see that the difference between a village where everybody eats and a village where people starve is government.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/in-africa-you-often-see-that-the-difference-between-a-village-where/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [“At the deepest level, the media contribute to the sense that the government is the enemy, and they suppress the sources of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/at-the-deepest-level-the-media-contribute-to-the-sense-that-the/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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