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title: "4 Government Order Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Government Order quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Government Order sayings and thoughts."
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> [The Constitution has never treated religion as merely another private opinion that government can order people to keep to themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-hawley/the-constitution-has-never-treated-religion-as-merely-another-private/)

[Josh Hawley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-hawley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/josh-hawley-12545_constitution_the-constitution-has-never-treated-relig_27886.jpg)

> ['An order is an order' was not an excuse to do the wrong thing. You couldn't just blindly follow a government order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-shea/an-order-is-an-order-was-not-an-excuse-to-do-the-wrong-thing-you/)

[Matt Shea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-shea/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9a/matt-shea-14938_arbiter_an-order-is-an-order-was-not-an-excuse-t_477697.png)

> [It is one thing to obey a government order. It is quite another to succumb to resurrected irrational fears, especially of 'the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rohini-nilekani/it-is-one-thing-to-obey-a-government-order-it-is-quite-another-to/)

[Rohini Nilekani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rohini-nilekani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/rohini-nilekani-5437_fear_it-is-one-thing-to-obey-a-government-ord_540314.jpg)

> [Personal responsibility is better than any government order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-reeves/personal-responsibility-is-better-than-any-government-order/)

[Tate Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tate-reeves/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/tate-reeves-5339_better_personal-responsibility-is-better-than-a_2781841.png)

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