#gov

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#breathes #consent #foundational #governed #into

The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#assistance #being #charter #commission #commitment

Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government, they assume that its might makes it right. ↗

— Joseph Sobran

#assume #being #citizens #contented #critics

The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire. ↗

— Joseph Sobran

#empire #fundamental #fundamental purpose #government #most

War is just one more big government program. ↗

— Joseph Sobran

#big government #government #government program #just #just one

I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong. ↗

— Steven Soderbergh

#anything #cannot #discussion #enforcement #evil

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law. ↗

— Solon

#law #magistrates #obey #people #society

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#executed #gentle #laws #obeyed #seldom

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#ever #government #great #great writer #having

Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#begun #coherent #conducting #declared #government