- Job
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Bravely
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leftists wage the war on Christmas using their traditional methods - government fiat and the court system. They never win voting, and they certainly don't win in the free market, so they bravely fight their battles through big government.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am sometimes accused of being a dictator because I provoked the extraordinary elections by nominating the interim government. Can you imagine any dictator who provokes free elections in his own country?
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling people.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.
- Painting
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property.
- Government Officials
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today.
- Big Business
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- Nov 07, 2020