Top Government Quotes
The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not.
Neal Boortz
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
Thomas Paine
Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.
Peter Benenson
The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.
Martin Van Buren
Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
Andrew Jackson
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The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not.
Neal Boortz 
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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
Thomas Paine 
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Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.
Peter Benenson 
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The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.
Martin Van Buren 
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Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.
Andrew Jackson 
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No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.
Franklin D. Roosevelt 
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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain 
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Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.
Richard Lamm 
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