- Politicians
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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
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
A Supreme Court justice needs to understand that he is not a politician. He needs to understand that the judiciary is a passive branch of government. His decisions should not proactively seek to set policy.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the government did something, compared to what actually happened when the government did nothing.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Barack Obama inherited a bankrupt economy, a bankrupt government, and a bankrupt foreign policy.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
- Blessing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.
- Nov 07, 2020
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
- Progress
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- Nov 07, 2020
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020