Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
I know the police cause you trouble They cause trouble everywhere But when you die and go to heaven You find no… — Woody Guthrie Copy Share Image
The government cannot do everything all at once. It can't wave a magic wand and meet everyone's demands simultaneously. — Corazon Aquino Copy Share Image
Undertaking initially to protect its citizens against aggression, [government] has often itself become … a far greater aggressor. — John Hospers Copy Share Image
The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Liberty is a political firewall that limits the damage government can do to the individual. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Whenever there are some who have more opportunities than others, this feeds corruption. — Enrique Pena Nieto Copy Share Image
It is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but by their distribution that good government is effected. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The social and racial conflict, which springs from the redistribution ideology, may deepen as economic output is shrinking and transfer 'entitlements cause… — Hans F. Sennholz Copy Share Image
Whenever the civil government forbids the practice of things that God has commanded us to do, or tells us to do things… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
There are certainly some secrets the government needs to protect, but many of the most important clues about revolutions, nuclear transfers, and… — David E. Sanger Copy Share Image
The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
I am asking all Americans, Republicans, Independents and Democrats, to join us in our campaign to defeat the corrupt establishment and give… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with the people's money… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
It is not government's job to mandate responsibility on our behalf. We have the intelligence and good sense to make wise consumption… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is ensnared in self-indulgence and its future hangs in the balance. Our moral and spiritual foundations are rapidly being destroyed. Our… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
We insist on producing a farm surplus, but think the government should find a profitable market for it. We overindulge in speculation,… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
I understand why so many Americans are fed up with government. The 112th Congress was almost universally derided as the worst ever.… — Olympia Snowe Copy Share Image
“Does the flat tax work?...The flat tax works in a country that is a former Communist state, with no investment capital, and… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
“Vimes had once discussed the Ephebian idea of ‘democracy’ with Carrot, and had been rather interested in the idea that everyone had… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In the absence of government each man learns to think, to act for himself, without counting on the support of an outside… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I do verily believe that if the principle were to prevail of a common law being in force in the United States… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Do not think that you can fight corruption without while you let corruption fester within. — Lyman Abbott Copy Share Image
If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a million things wrong with government that need to get fixed, but none of its ever going to get fixed unless… — Rick Harrison Copy Share Image
Ignorant of the arts of luxury, the primitive Romans had improved the science of government and war. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If we don't want to see the map of Central America covered in a sea of red, eventually lapping at our own… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The process of forming government in a minority is one where you talk to everyone and see: What do you have in… — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
“Private property is redundant. "Public property" is an oxymoron. All legit property is private. If property isn't private it's stolen.” — Gustave de Molinari Copy Share Image
I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation. — Lajos Kossuth Copy Share Image
To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Profit should never come at the cost of human blood. Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In almost all city governments in America, the small group of people who don't want change are able to block change. — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
When it comes to government policy, can we please stop using words like "architect"? Telling people what to do is not a… — David Burge Copy Share Image