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Protectionism, socialism, all varieties of state favoritism and restrictions on competition, and the growth of bureaucracy and jobbery were the means by which special interests… — Ralph Raico
Government should be good for the liberty of the governed, and that is when it governs to the least possible degree. It should be good… — Augustin Thierry
A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal eÇŒoyments, it only shifts expenses from one… — Antoine Destutt de Tracy
Government, on their part, are much disposed to favor the establishment of these large companies, and to give them privileges to the detriment of their… — Antoine Destutt de Tracy
I passionately disagreed with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson's plan to bail out the banks by using a public fund called the Troubled Asset Relief Program… — George Soros
The number of hypotheses and theories about climate change are numerous. Quite naturally they have caught the public attention, as any proof of past climactic… — Unknown Author
Obama is already setting a new historic course by reorienting the economy from private consumption to public investments...free-market pundits bemoan the evident intention of Obama… — Jeffrey Sachs
If you establish a democracy, you must in due time reap the fruits of a democracy. You will in due season have great impatience of… — Benjamin Disraeli
A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an education for personal… — Eleanor Roosevelt
It is obvious that the most despotic forms of social organization would be suitable for inert men who are satisfied with the situation fate has… — Madame de Stael
What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue. — John Marshall
Must we, under the happy hope of a false tranquility, sacrifice to the people in power the public welfare, and under vain pretence of preserving… — Claude Adrien Helvetius
Becoming carbon neutral is only the beginning. The climate problem will not be solved by one company reducing its emissions to zero, and it won't… — Rupert Murdoch
The public library is where place and possibility meet. — Stuart Dybek
When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations… — Freeman Dyson
There has come about a general public awareness that America is not automatically, and effortlessly, and unquestionably the leader of the world in science and… — Edward Condon
The public discourse on global warming has little in common with the standards of scientific discourse. Rather, it is part of political discourse where comments… — Richard Lindzen
I do not regret having braved public opinion, when I knew it was wrong and was sure it would be merciless. — Horace Greeley
I told that girl, in the kindest, gentlest way, that I could not consent to deliver judgment upon any one's manuscript, because an individual's verdict… — Mark Twain
With intent to neither idolize nor demonize the man [Barack Obama], it seems fair and evident enough to say that the current president of America… — Aberjhani
In ability choice education finance majorities people understanding voting A lot of voters always cast their ballot for the candidate who seems to them to… — William Feather
I have one great political idea. . . . That idea is an old one. It is widely and generally assented to; nevertheless, it is… — Frederick Douglass
When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure. — DeForest Soaries
We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion. — Bart Stupak
The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of the purely partisan… — Grover Cleveland

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