- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government Quotes
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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.
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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Republicans believe that problems are best solved at the level closest to the people and that the nation's strength comes from the diversity of its people, not from an all-powerful central government.
- Healthcare
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at the studies coming out of the Congressional Budget Office, the number one thing that's going to blow a hole in the deficit as we go forward 20, 30 years is government spending on healthcare.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The basic idea that if you increase government spending or you cut people's taxes that stimulates the economy and lowers the unemployment rate, is a very widely accepted idea. It's in every economics textbook, that's what we teach our undergraduates, and I certainly try to teach them the truth.
- Economics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving.
- Insurance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The stimulus legislation, technically known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was a mixture of tax cuts for families and businesses; increased transfer payments, like unemployment insurance; and increased direct government spending, like infrastructure investment.
- Expect
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a lack of ambition in politics in terms of what we expect from the government, what it means to have a state.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go where the revolution is, and the revolution is Ron Paul. Ron Paul is a champion of the Constitution. He's about getting rid of the Federal Reserve and shrinking federal government.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
Naturally our Government would not consent to such terms, and so the war had to proceed.
- Take
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't pay taxes - they take taxes.
- Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
Society and government at all levels - the state level, the local level and, of course, the federal level - really needs to redouble its efforts if we're really going to make a difference in combating autism.
- Environmental
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no better example of the overreach of government than in environmental law.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fundamental challenge is that people like me simply do not trust the federal government any longer.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a cleaner system of government in this state where people run based on their ideas, not based on their ability to raise money.
- Limited
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- Nov 07, 2020
The consensus of the founders was, we don't want no government: we want limited but effective government.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Among the chartered responsibilities of the federal government were, in those areas where appropriate - such as facilitating interstate commerce - to provide for justice and domestic tranquility, the common defense, and to secure the blessings of liberty.
- Both Ways
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- Nov 07, 2020