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title: "76 Government Power Quotes by 61 authors"
description: "Browse 76 Government Power quotes by 61 authors. Discover the best Government Power sayings and thoughts."
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> [Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/our-constitution-which-was-intended-to-limit-government-power-and/)

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

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> [Trust with risk is better than unchecked government power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tate-reeves/trust-with-risk-is-better-than-unchecked-government-power/)

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

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> [Government has the power to help improve well-being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cameron/government-has-the-power-to-help-improve-well-being/)

[David Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cameron/)

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> [Government's power to bully people who have broken no law is dangerous to all of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/government-s-power-to-bully-people-who-have-broken-no-law-is/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [We cannot restore traditional American freedom unless we limit the government's power to tax.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-chodorov/we-cannot-restore-traditional-american-freedom-unless-we-limit-the-2/)

[Frank Chodorov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-chodorov/)

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> [The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-macarthur/the-object-and-practice-of-liberty-lies-in-the-limitation-of/)

[Douglas MacArthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-macarthur/)

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> [A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-q-wilson/a-government-without-the-power-of-defense-it-is-a-solecism/)

[James Q. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-q-wilson/)

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> [What the Lib Dems have failed to do is offer any meaningful agenda for government or for power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-powell/what-the-lib-dems-have-failed-to-do-is-offer-any-meaningful-agenda/)

[Lucy Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-powell/)

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> [Once a person becomes a government dependent, his moral standing to resist the expansion of government power is fatally compromised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/once-a-person-becomes-a-government-dependent-his-moral-standing-to/)

[James Bovard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bovard/)

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> [The process of creating new, democratic organs of government power is beginning, and, as never before, the greatest responsibility rests with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-process-of-creating-new-democratic-organs-of-government-power-is/)

[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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> [Climate change is not an excuse to give the federal government ever more power over private property and state resources.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-strange/climate-change-is-not-an-excuse-to-give-the-federal-government-ever/)

[Luther Strange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-strange/)

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> [“In the long run, even a tyrannical government only has the power that the people confer on it and coming to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nilantha-ilangamuwa/in-the-long-run-even-a-tyrannical-government-only-has-the-power-that/)

[Nilantha Ilangamuwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nilantha-ilangamuwa/)

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> [Politics doesn't work. Look at the parts of America where government has had the most power, where government has spent the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/politics-doesn-t-work-look-at-the-parts-of-america-where-government/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

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> [Coolidge really hated government being in the power business. He thought it was wrong. He saw the potential for growth in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amity-shlaes/coolidge-really-hated-government-being-in-the-power-business-he/)

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

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> [If the government controls your health care, the government controls you. Obamacare was never about health care. It was about government power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-crowley/if-the-government-controls-your-health-care-the-government-controls/)

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

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> [If the federal government has the exclusive right to judge the extent of its own powers, warned the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-woods/if-the-federal-government-has-the-exclusive-right-to-judge-the-extent/)

[Thomas Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-woods/)

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> [The federal government neither has the power to site transmission lines, nor do we build them. That's done, as people know, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-abraham/the-federal-government-neither-has-the-power-to-site-transmission/)

[Spencer Abraham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-abraham/)

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> [We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/we-are-a-nation-that-has-a-government-not-the-other-way-around-and/)

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

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> [The Founding Fathers realized that "the power to tax is the power to destroy," which is why they did not give the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-founding-fathers-realized-that-the-power-to-tax-is-the-power-to/)

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

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> [Most Russians don't treat the government, or those in power, as something close to them. They don't believe that they, as ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrey-zvyagintsev/most-russians-don-t-treat-the-government-or-those-in-power-as/)

[Andrey Zvyagintsev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrey-zvyagintsev/)

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> [I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-comey/i-believe-that-americans-should-be-deeply-skeptical-of-government/)

[James Comey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-comey/)

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> [As we know from our government, the more power you have, the more of a bureaucrat you are, and the more ego…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/as-we-know-from-our-government-the-more-power-you-have-the-more-of-a/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

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> [“What if the new political spectrum has on one side those people who want to be left alone, those who want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-kibbe/what-if-the-new-political-spectrum-has-on-one-side-those-people-who/)

[Matt Kibbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-kibbe/)

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> [“Three of the most important factors in determining to what degree a government’s power will be controlled or uncontrolled therefore are: (1)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/three-of-the-most-important-factors-in-determining-to-what-degree-a/)

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

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> [No single person, including the President of the United States, should ever be given the power to make a medical decision for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/no-single-person-including-the-president-of-the-united-states-should/)

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

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> [Government power must be dispersed. If government is to exercise power, better in the county than in the state, better in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-friedman/government-power-must-be-dispersed-if-government-is-to-exercise-power/)

[Milton Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-friedman/)

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> [As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe the only check on government power in real time is a free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/as-a-conservative-who-believes-in-limited-government-i-believe-the/)

[Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/)

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> [“The mania for giving the Government power to meddle with the private affairs of cities or citizens is likely to cause endless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-mania-for-giving-the-government-power-to-meddle-with-the-private-2/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [“We’re after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you’d better get wise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/we-re-after-power-and-we-mean-it-you-fellows-were-pikers-but-we-know/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/there-s-no-way-to-rule-innocent-men-the-only-power-any-government-has-2/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-only-power-any-government-has-is-the-power-to-crack-down-on-2/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/no-government-power-can-be-abused-long-mankind-will-not-bear-it/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolph-rummel/political-scientists-almost-everywhere-have-promoted-the-expansion-of/)

[Rudolph Rummel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolph-rummel/)

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> [By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Americans every day against abuse of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-roberts/by-ensuring-that-no-one-in-government-has-too-much-power-the/)

[John Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-roberts/)

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> [Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurgood-marshall/our-whole-constitutional-heritage-rebels-at-the-thought-of-giving/)

[Thurgood Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurgood-marshall/)

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> [The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government that has the power to cut off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-dale-owen/the-people-are-forbidden-to-give-aid-and-comfort-to-rebels-what-of-a/)

[Robert Dale Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-dale-owen/)

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> [Let us not rush into a vast expansion of government power in a misguided attempt to protect freedom. In doing so, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-barr/let-us-not-rush-into-a-vast-expansion-of-government-power-in-a/)

[Bob Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-barr/)

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> [To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/to-commit-violent-and-unjust-acts-it-is-not-enough-for-a-government/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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> [The greatest risk in giving our government any power to control our speech is that it would then have a vehicle to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kat-timpf/the-greatest-risk-in-giving-our-government-any-power-to-control-our/)

[Kat Timpf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kat-timpf/)

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                        "text": "Government power must be dispersed. If government is to exercise power, better in the county than in the state, better in the state than in Washington. If I do not like what my local community does, be it in sewage disposal, or zoning, or schools, I can move to another local community, and though few may take this step, the mere possibility acts as a check. If I do not like what Washington imposes, I have few alternatives in this world of jealous nations.",
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                        "text": "“The mania for giving the Government power to meddle with the private affairs of cities or citizens is likely to cause endless trouble, through the rivaly of schools and creeds that are anxious to obtain official recognition, and there is great danger that our people will lose our independence of thought and action which is the cause of much of our greatness, and sink into the helplessness of the Frenchman or German who expects his government to feed him when hungry, clothe him when naked, to prescribe when his child may be born and when he may die, and, in fine, to regulate every act of humanity from the cradle to the tomb, including the manner in which he may seek future admission to paradise.”",
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