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- Nov 07, 2020
Government Quotes
Testimony, accountability and risk assessment.
These "government" quotes come largely from public testimony and accountability — speakers describing appearances before Congress and the basic expectation that citizens deserve clear answers from officials. For related themes, see Business quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School, in 1946. She had leadership roles in the law, in government and the corporate world. She was a great role model in that she felt anything was possible.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our form of government can no longer be considered an experiment in politics. Crowned with success, it stands forth an example to the world and exhibits the proudest triumph of reason and philosophy.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
A republican government can only be supported by virtue; and the end of all our legislation should be to encourage our fellow citizens in its daily practice.
- Either
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
The only result of our present system - unless we reverse the drift - must be the gradual extension of the fascist sector and the gradual disappearance of the system of free enterprise under a free representative government.
- Economic System
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people in this country believe that the American Communist Party and its dupes are the chief internal enemy of our economic system and our form of government. This is a serious mistake.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is all of this protesting against corporate power, but in reality, corporations have to persuade you - they could have a ton of money, but actually only government can use force.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to watch government fail for 25 years doing consumer reporting before I really saw it because intuitively, the reaction is problem, bring government and government will make it better.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we were scared about 9/11, we federalized the airport security, we spent millions for body armor for dogs in Ohio. All that over-reaction comes from fear and government - bad combination.
- Prosperity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government.
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- Nov 07, 2020