#government

Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted an early United Nations, League of Nations. But it was the conservatives, Republicans, that stood up against him. ↗

— Ron Paul

#conservatives #early #government #him #just

Keeping a lid on taxes is not just good for the taxpayer. It's a powerful way to force government to be more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter. Let me repeat that: more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter - that's what we need to be about. ↗

— Tim Pawlenty

#accountable #force #good #government #just

Medicaid is essentially bankrupt, Medicare is essentially bankrupt, why the heck would we give the federal government another entitlement program to manage? ↗

— Tim Pawlenty

#bankrupt #entitlement #essentially #federal #federal government

The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the Government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves. ↗

— James K. Polk

#among #congress #create #disreputable #embarrasses

Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human persons. ↗

— Helen Prejean

#citizens #compromises #conceived #country #deepest

The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#constitution #critical #government #places #point

It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is obliged to respect the voice of the weakest. ↗

— Robert Purvis

#lives #obliged #respect #safeguard #strongest

Venezuelans have a deep democratic conviction. If the government hotheads ventured out to stir violence they would encounter the armed forces. I don't believe the armed forces respond to a political party. ↗

— Henrique Capriles Radonski

#armed forces #believe #conviction #deep #democratic

We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

#generally #government #people #respond #speaking

Living standards in both the public and private sector have to be brought down. The private sector has to sell more abroad and consume less at home. The government sector has to get closer to just spending what it can collect in taxes. ↗

— John Redwood

#both #brought #closer #collect #consume