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I'm not against ratings per se. I think more information is always good. But I certainly don't think the government has to step in and… — Drew Carey
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government. — Thomas Carlyle
All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the… — Adam Carolla
Health care is one-sixth of our economy. If the government can control that, they can control just about everything. We need to understand what is… — Benjamin Carson
Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the… — Benjamin Carson
People spending more of their own money on routine health care would make the system more competitive and transparent and restore the confidence between the… — Benjamin Carson
I want the government to provide the military so we don't get invaded by somebody and destroyed. I want the government to provide the roads… — Benjamin Carson
This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we… — Benjamin Carson
I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become… — Jimmy Carter
It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on… — Jimmy Carter
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for… — Jimmy Carter
I do think actually in this case the government does get credit for funding some of the basic research. — Steve Case
If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France. — Nicolas Chamfort
This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry and… — Margaret Chan
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. — William Ellery Channing
This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances. — Gracie Allen
Good government is the outcome of private virtue. — John Jay Chapman
Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this… — Hugo Chavez
What is the U.S. government looking for? And the elite governing this country? They're looking for oil. — Hugo Chavez
Most governments in the United States in a hundred years have not respected the peoples of Latin America. They have sponsored coup d'etats, assassinations. — Hugo Chavez
In the United States, the government is bailing out banks, intervening in the economy, yet in Latin America, the Right continues to talk about 'free… — Hugo Chavez
Venezuelan interests are to be defended by Venezuela. The U.S. should defend the interests of the U.S. Where are the U.S. people, where are the… — Hugo Chavez
My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do that. — Dick Cheney
You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government,… — Dick Cheney
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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