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Letter "G" » Government
«The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.»
«The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on [them].»
Author: J. William Fulbright
(Senator)
| About:
Government,
Trust
| Keywords:
rely, statements, Vietnam
«The federal government is like a handicapped turtle trying to crawl around and keep up with the rabbit, which is technology.»
Author: James Breithaupt
| About:
Government,
Technology
| Keywords:
crawl, Federal, federal government, handicapped, keep up, rabbit, The Federal
«The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
Constitution,
Government,
People
| Keywords:
constitution, constitutions, dominate, dominated by, instrument, interests, lest, restrain, restraining, restrains, the government
«The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
Government,
Power
| Keywords:
abuse, abuse of power, liable, lodged, lodges, lodging
«The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness»
Author: Niels Bohr
(Physicist)
| About:
Democracy,
Government,
Weapons
| Keywords:
dictatorship, openness, secrecy
«The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Democracy,
Government
| Keywords:
crabgrass, Democrats, elected, lawn, lawns, lawn party, party, prove, remove, Republicans, richer, smarter, taller, The Party
«The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke of London has to call itself the weather.»
«The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
Caring,
Government,
Happiness,
Life
| Keywords:
legitimate
«The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid»
Author: Will Rogers
| About:
Business,
Government
| Keywords:
aided, aiding, The Business, the government
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