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title: "29 Private Citizens Quotes by 24 authors"
description: "Browse 29 Private Citizens quotes by 24 authors. Discover the best Private Citizens sayings and thoughts."
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> [“I am not in favor of having government do anything that private citizens can do as good or better”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/i-am-not-in-favor-of-having-government-do-anything-that-private/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

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> [Bureaucrats have no business strong-arming private citizens over their property rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-paulina-luna/bureaucrats-have-no-business-strong-arming-private-citizens-over/)

[Anna Paulina Luna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-paulina-luna/)

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> [The Senate is not a court for trying private citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hagerty/the-senate-is-not-a-court-for-trying-private-citizens/)

[Bill Hagerty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hagerty/)

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> [Who uses funds more productively - private citizens or the government? I dare say that Warren Buffett can use his surplus funds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-skousen/who-uses-funds-more-productively-private-citizens-or-the-government-i/)

[Mark Skousen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-skousen/)

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> [I believe we have a responsibility, even if our job is to lead a nonprofit organization, as private citizens to be good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-falwell-jr/i-believe-we-have-a-responsibility-even-if-our-job-is-to-lead-a/)

[Jerry Falwell, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-falwell-jr/)

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> [Private citizens and companies are always seen as evil and greedy, because they want to profit. But the government picks your pocket…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-gutfeld/private-citizens-and-companies-are-always-seen-as-evil-and-greedy/)

[Greg Gutfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-gutfeld/)

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> [So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill theirs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbert-hubbard/so-long-as-governments-set-the-example-of-killing-their-enemies-2/)

[Elbert Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbert-hubbard/)

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> [This country has gotten seriously off track under the Supreme Court when it went so far as to limit the right of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cornyn/this-country-has-gotten-seriously-off-track-under-the-supreme-court/)

[John Cornyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cornyn/)

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> [The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-jones/the-siren-song-of-redistribution-of-wealth-by-centralized-government/)

[Josh Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-jones/)

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> [Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/not-only-has-the-number-of-government-employees-multiplied-in-recent/)

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

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> [Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-gellhorn/public-opinion-though-slow-as-lava-in-the-end-forces-governments/)

[Martha Gellhorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-gellhorn/)

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> [Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-johnson/outside-of-the-constitution-we-have-no-legal-authority-more-than/)

[Andrew Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-johnson/)

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> [“We may test the hypothesis that the State is largely interested in protecting itself rather than its subjects by asking: which category…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-n-rothbard/we-may-test-the-hypothesis-that-the-state-is-largely-interested-in-2/)

[Murray N. Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-n-rothbard/)

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> [If I'm meeting somebody for the first time, I don't look them up on Wikipedia, or I try not to, because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-gaitskill/if-i-m-meeting-somebody-for-the-first-time-i-don-t-look-them-up-on/)

[Mary Gaitskill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-gaitskill/)

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> [The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-government-was-set-to-protect-man-from-criminals-and-the/)

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

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> [I'm one of those people who believes that part of the greatness of the United States is our private sector. It's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-m-one-of-those-people-who-believes-that-part-of-the-greatness-of-2/)

[Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/)

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> [“In fact, private citizens legally use firearms in self-defense 800,000 to two and one half million times a year according to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gutmacher/in-fact-private-citizens-legally-use-firearms-in-self-defense-800-000-2/)

[Jon Gutmacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gutmacher/)

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> [“In fact, private citizens legally use firearms in self-defense 800,000 to two and one half million times a year according to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gutmacher/in-fact-private-citizens-legally-use-firearms-in-self-defense-800-000/)

[Jon Gutmacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gutmacher/)

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> [I am of opinion that national greatness is more for the advantage of private citizens, than any individual well-being coupled with public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pericles/i-am-of-opinion-that-national-greatness-is-more-for-the-advantage-of/)

[Pericles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pericles/)

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> [“We may test the hypothesis that the State is largely interested in protecting itself rather than its subjects by asking: which category…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-n-rothbard/we-may-test-the-hypothesis-that-the-state-is-largely-interested-in/)

[Murray N. Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-n-rothbard/)

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> [The policies advocated by the welfare school remove the incentive to saving on the part of private citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-policies-advocated-by-the-welfare-school-remove-the-incentive-to/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [I believe we all have the right as private citizens to endorse candidates and participate in the political process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-falwell-jr/i-believe-we-all-have-the-right-as-private-citizens-to-endorse/)

[Jerry Falwell, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-falwell-jr/)

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> [The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/the-health-of-a-democratic-society-may-be-measured-by-the-quality-of/)

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

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> [Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-goodlatte/cities-may-now-bulldoze-private-citizens-homes-farms-and-small/)

[Bob Goodlatte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-goodlatte/)

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> [Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/inflation-is-not-caused-by-the-actions-of-private-citizens-but-by-the/)

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

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> [Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/whatever-you-may-think-of-the-proposed-mosque-and-community-center/)

[Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/)

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> [It has often been found that profuse expenditures, heavy taxation, absurd commercial restrictions, corrupt tribunals, disastrous wars, seditions, persecutions, conflagrations, inundation, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-b-macaulay/it-has-often-been-found-that-profuse-expenditures-heavy-taxation/)

[Thomas B. Macaulay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-b-macaulay/)

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> [I'm one of those people who believes that part of the greatness of the United States is our private sector. It's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-m-one-of-those-people-who-believes-that-part-of-the-greatness-of/)

[Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/)

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> [That's not how national security works... I don't care what the Supreme Court said 30 years ago or what some judge said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-levin/that-s-not-how-national-security-works-i-don-t-care-what-the-supreme/)

[Mark Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-levin/)

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