Jesus taught that we should give to the poor and support widows, but he never said that we should elect a government… — Jerry Falwell, Jr Copy Share Image
We have never believed that any potential future benefits from fracking make it acceptable for the government to bulldoze over the concerns… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
It is a melancholy reflection that liberty should be equally exposed to danger whether the government have too much power or too… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If Obamacare is allowed to stand - and Congress is allowed to make the purchase of government-endorsed health insurance compulsory - there… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
Conservatives need to know how important it is to fill out the census. It is one of the only things our Constitution… — Patrick McHenry Copy Share Image
So I went to George and told him I had the opportunity to become the figurehead of a government safety campaign, and… — David Prowse Copy Share Image
The government has investigated our program of collecting through a generalized fashion, everyone's phone records in the country. And they found that… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
It is true that liberty is not free, nor is it easy. But tyranny - even varying degrees of it - is… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP over the next 25 years. We want… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and… — Jim Doyle Copy Share Image
The only things government can do are regulate and redistribute, prohibit and penalize, confiscate and command. Are these the things that liberty… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
“It's illegal to forcefully take money from people unless you're the government. It's illegal to take someone's liberty, unless you're the government.… — J.S.B. Morse Copy Share Image
Practical European socialists have embraced the idea that the government has a role in healthcare and in supporting strong transportation systems that… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The government is good at one thing. It knows how to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say,… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
Individuals get caught up in the policy of their country. In prison, for instance, a warden or officer is not promoted if… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
When an American government takes on characteristics that elevate the state above the individual, it must be vigorously opposed as a form… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
It's no go the picture palace, it's no go the stadium, It's no go the country cot with a pot of pink… — Louis MacNeice Copy Share Image
To bring about government by oligarchy, masquerading as democracy, it is fundamentally essential that practically all authority and control be centralized in… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In states where Republicans have gerrymandered themselves into nearly impenetrable legislative majorities, they have also taken steps to try to close the… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the western world don't realize how much taxes limit their options. You can end up paying almost… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
We take men for what they are worth - and that is why we hate the government of man by man, and… — Peter Kropotkin Copy Share Image
Especially right after 9/11. Especially when the war in Afghanistan is going on. There was a real sense that you don't get… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Discussion of politics and government almost totally ignores the concept of training people to update their opinions in response to new evidence… — Dominic Cummings Copy Share Image
The most powerful recent innovation in government is when states aggressively use community colleges for retraining. In Michigan, where large numbers of… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I think that the government of [Nicolas] Maduro has argued to stage a coup in Venezuela, that this is obviously a coup… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The Government may not, through the [Communications Decency Act], interrupt that… — Stewart Dalzell Copy Share Image
The move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a 'fairness' issue, is the typical 'wolf-in-sheep's-clothing' ploy so often used by governments unwilling… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
The federal government of Nigeria has always preferred to talk to bona fide Boko Haram leaders about the release of the Chibok… — Muhammadu Buhari Copy Share Image
I was opposed to the government mandating that restaurants not allow people to smoke, believing it becomes the customer's choice whether they… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
“Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. Society promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, government negatively… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The signers of the Declaration of Independence did not pledge their fortunes and sacred honor so the federal government could play 'helicopter… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
I've started several small businesses myself and know that it is tough out there for the little guy in the global economy.… — Jared Polis Copy Share Image
If everyone on the Court always voted for the prosecution against the defendant, for the corporation against the plaintiffs, and for the… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The state produced in the laboratory may be likened to a light doze, compared to the profound slumber induced by the preponent… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
It might have been offset for us if the revenue from our own oil and natural gas that was just developing had… — Barbara Castle Copy Share Image