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Government Quotes by Samuel Freeman Miller
- It is a very great mistake, and a very common one, even for well-read persons, to adopt the idea that the progress of the human…
- The Constitution of the United States, like all systems of government which are permanent, had its origin in the history and necessities of the people…
- Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.
- A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited, and…
- No branch of the law is of more importance to the counsellor, the statesman, or the citizen, than a thorough acquaintance with the Constitution and…
- Of the powers conferred upon the General Government by the Constitution of the United States much the most important are those given to the legislative…
- The United States being a limited form of government, one of the restrictions to which it is subject is in regard to its power to…
- Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the United States. It…
- The Supreme Court, once in existence, cannot be abolished, because its foundation is not in an act of the legislative department of the Government, but…
- Of the judicial department of the Government, the Supreme Court is the head and representative, and to it must come for final decision all the…
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- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and… — Aristotle
- 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
- The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you… — Chinua Achebe
- Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it… — David Attenborough
- 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
- The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his… — Ibrahim Babangida