"Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as……" — Charley Reese

"Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die."

— Charley Reese

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31 Quotes by Charley Reese

Charley Reese has 31 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Americans, both politicians and voters, may have become corrupted by big government beyond redemption. A virtuous government requires a virtuous…
Here's your enemy for this week, the government says. And some gullible Americans click their heels and salute - often…
We...are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that…
The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic…
The politicians in this world... have at their command weapons of mass destruction far more complex than their own thinking…
I expect to see trade wars, foreign policy disasters, a few race riots, a decrease in personal liberty, higher taxes,…
Crime is a human behavior problem, not a mechanical problem. Furthermore, if firearms were not very useful for self-defense, then…
If you believe in the right to life, then you must believe in the right to have the means to…
A government that intended to protect the liberty of the people would not disarm them. A government planning the opposite…
American tyranny has come gradually, like a slow rising river. Each of us does not realize the danger until the…
Some years ago an excellent professor of economics told his class in his gravelly voice, 'If you pay me $50,000…
Given the low level of competence among politicians, every American should become a libertarian. The government that governs least is…

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Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have. — Alan Bennett
That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and… — William Blake
At almost forty years old, I assumed my career on camera was over. And I was certainly given that message… — Mika Brzezinski
I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. I would box them into a… — Alan Alda
I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children. — Kim Cattrall
When I was a college student and I got interested in linguistics the concern among students was, this is a… — Noam Chomsky
Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in… — Grover Cleveland
I've had this terrible stomach problem for years, and that has made touring difficult. People would see me sitting in… — Kurt Cobain
I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist… — Isaac Asimov
Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind. It places her who… — J. Reuben Clark
For the duration of its collective life, or the time during which its identity may be assumed, each class resembles… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
A year ago Guyana became politically free and independent. She assumed the untrammeled right to make her own decisions on… — Unknown Author

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