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title: "7 Government Time Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-old debates about the role of government for all time — but it does require…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/progress-does-not-compel-us-to-settle-centuries-old-debates-about-the/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/barack-obama-17_politics_progress-does-not-compel-us-to-settle-ce_124926.jpg)

> [It's no coincidence that trust in government is at an all-time low now that the size of government is at an all-time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ryan/it-s-no-coincidence-that-trust-in-government-is-at-an-all-time-low/)

[Paul Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ryan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/paul-ryan-869_all-time_it-s-no-coincidence-that-trust-in-govern_571735.jpg)

> [Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/our-most-dangerous-tendency-is-to-expect-too-much-of-government-and/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/anonymous-1_dangerous_our-most-dangerous-tendency-is-to-expect_605710.jpg)

> [Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/progress-does-not-compel-us-to-settle-centuries-long-debates-about/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/barack-obama-17_all-time_progress-does-not-compel-us-to-settle-ce_611876.jpg)

> [We have been lied to and terrorized by our own government, and it is time to take action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mellencamp/we-have-been-lied-to-and-terrorized-by-our-own-government-and-it-is/)

[John Mellencamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mellencamp/)

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> [No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dryden/no-government-has-ever-been-or-can-ever-be-wherein-time-servers-and/)

[John Dryden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dryden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/john-dryden-491_blockheads_no-government-has-ever-been-or-can-ever_1232436.jpg)

> [Traditionally people are on the side of the government all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immortal-technique/traditionally-people-are-on-the-side-of-the-government-all-the-time/)

[Immortal Technique](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immortal-technique/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35b/immortal-technique-2529_government_traditionally-people-are-on-the-side-of_2690386.png)

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