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Government Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in my…
- [E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections,…
- It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
- In rivers and bad governments the lightest things swim at top.
- Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
- The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families…
- That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought Religion necessary for…
- [T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . . . [taking] away…
- I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance…
- Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved,…
- Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to…
- I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of my country, and…
- Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns.
- We need a revolution every 200 years, because all governments become stale and corrupt after 200 years.
- In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a General Government necessary for…
- Governments having failed the people, the people are entirely justified in assuming for themselves and essential role in government. Where a government takes proper measures…
- I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel: We…
- History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected by joining in…
- In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people are their superiors and sovereigns.
- Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest…
- If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all…
- The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
- There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.
- Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
- Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay,…
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- We have some material on spying by a major government on the tech industry. Industrial espionage. — Julian Assange
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government. — Joe Arpaio
- The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the… — Mary Astell
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- In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? — Saint Augustine
- Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year - a small government proposal if ever there was one. — Bill Ayers
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