Government Quotes - Page 37

• Money can be issued only in the act of buying, and can be backed only in the act of selling. Any buyer who is also a seller is qualified to be a money issuer. Government, because it is not and should not be a seller, is not qualified to be a money issuer.

  E.C. Riegel

  Buying, Making Money, Selling

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• There is mounting concern worldwide over the consumption of alcohol. The U.S. government estimates that 10.6 million adults are alcoholics and that one family in four is troubled by alcohol. It is a factor in half of all the nation's traffic deaths.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Alcohol, Adults, Half

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• Notwithstanding the trouble, notwithstanding the argument, notwithstanding the increasingly heavy hand of government, notwithstanding the spirit of arrogance we so often display, notwithstanding the growing tide of pornography and permissiveness, notwithstanding occasional corruption in public office and betrayal of sacred trust-I marvel at the miracle of America.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Betrayal, America, Hands

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• Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Fancy giving money to the Government! Nobody will see the stuff again. Well, they've not idea what money's for- Ten to one they'll start another war. I've heard a lot of silly things, but, Lor'! Fancy giving money to the Government!

  A. P. Herbert

  Money, War, Silly

  1931 'Too Much!'.

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• Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.

  Sallust

  Precedent

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• The eyes of mankind will be upon you to see whether the Government, which is now more popular than it has been for many years past, will be productive of more virtue moral and political. We may look up to Armies for our Defense, but Virtue is our best Security. It is not possible that any State should long remain free, where Virtue is not supremely honored.

  Samuel Adams

  Eye, Army, Past

  Massachusetts Historical Society, John Adams, Samuel Adams, James Warren (1917). “Warren-Adams Letters: Being Chiefly a Correspondence Among John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Warren ... 1743-1814”

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• No longer must government be allowed to ride roughshod, absorbing the people's wealth, usurping their rights, and crushing their spirit.

  Ronald Reagan

  Crush, Rights, People

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• The American dream is under attack because our government has been hijacked by the Liberals in Washington DC.

  Herman Cain

  Dream, Washington Dc, Has Beens

  "Tea Party Speaker: 'Stupid People' Running Country". Dayton Daily News, October 15, 2010.

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• Why do Americans find government so baffling and irritating-even though many of us depend on public programs for a secure retirement, an affordable mortgage, or a college loan? In this timely and important book, political scientist Suzanne Mettler explains how the United States has come to rely on hidden, indirect policies that privilege special interests but puzzle regular citizens. American democracy can do better, and she shows how. Politicians and the public alike have much to learn from her brilliant and engaging analysis.

  Theda Skocpol

  Retirement, Book, College

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• In the early 1970s, the northern hemisphere appeared to have been cooling at an alarming rate. There was frequent talk of a new ice age. Books and documentaries appeared, hypothesizing a snowblitz or sporting titles such as The Cooling. Even the CIA got into the act, sponsoring several meetings and writing a controversial report warning of threats to American security from the potential collapse of Third World Governments in the wake of climate change.

  Stephen Schneider

  Book, Writing, World Government

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• I think it's radical to censor information because the government asks you to. That's radical.

  Laura Poitras

  Thinking, Information, Radical

  "Laura Poitras on the Crypto Tools That Made Her Snowden Film Possible" by Andy Greenberg, www.wired.com. October 15, 2014.

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• The best justification governments can find to shut down information is that lives are at risk. In fact, lives have been at risk as a result of the silences and lies revealed in these leaks.

  Jemima Khan

  Lying, Silence, Risk

  "Why did I back Julian Assange? It's about justice and fairness" by Jemima Khan, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2010.

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• Everyone has issues they are passionate about, they care about. Step up, do something that you know absolutely you can achieve. We each have a sphere of influence. It may be just our family and a few close friends, or it might be the reach into government. Exercise what you can do, not what you can't do. Recognize there are millions of others doing the same. Act on things you know to be right and true.

  Nick Begich

  Exercise, Issues, Passionate

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• We now live in a secular humanist theocracy. I want to change that to a government with God at its head.

  Gary DeMar

  Want, Theocracy, Humanist

  "A Nation Under God" by John Sugg, www.motherjones.com. December 2005.

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• I had - along with my singing and dancing, I was very happy to be born in the hometown of Dylan Thomas. So the government was financing dramatic groups and amateur dramatics and stuff like that.

  Catherine Zeta-Jones

  Dancing, Singing, Groups

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• This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful.

  Pierce Brosnan

  Men, America, President

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• It [the Constitution] didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's been interpreted, and the Warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. It says what the states can't do to you, it says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn't shifted.

  Barack Obama

  Father, Liberty, Essentials

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• There's no doubt that when it comes to our treatment of Native Americans as well as other persons of color in this country, we've got some very sad and difficult things to account for. I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged. I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it's Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Believe, Native American

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• When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.

  Howard Zinn

  War, People, Mind

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• While communism is the control of business by government, fascism is the control of government by business.

  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

  Communism, Fascism

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• The U.S government hates rap music

  Chris Rock

  Hate, Rap, Rap Music

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• I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong.

  Steven Soderbergh

  Law, Evil, Drug

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• The great thing about rock n' roll is, if you want to fight - like, fight the system, fight the man, fight the government, fight the people in front of you - it's Don Quixote all over again. You're really chasing windmills.

  Billy Corgan

  Fighting, Men, Rocks

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• The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.

  Adam McKay

  Crush, Running, Media

  "What the Hell is Going On?" by Adam McKay, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2009.

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• If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults.

  Brian Baird

  Real, Tough Questions, Goal

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