Quotes with government-owned

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  • Henry David Thoreau The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Breyten Breytenbach The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests.
    Breyten Breytenbach
    South African writer and painter (1939 - )
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  • Adam Weishaupt When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
    Adam Weishaupt
    German philosopher (1748 - 1830)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Bill Cosby A father... knows exactly what those boys at the mall have in their depraved little minds because he once owned such a depraved little mind himself. In fact, if he thinks enough about the plans that he used to have for young girls, the father not only will support his wife in keeping their daughter home but he might even run over to the mall and have a few of those boys arrested.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Barbara Jordan A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
    Barbara C. Jordan--selected speeches
    Barbara Jordan
    American lawyer, educator and politician (1936 - 1996)
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  • James Reston A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.
    James Reston
    In Holland born, American journalist (1909 - 1995)
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  • Abraham Lincoln A Government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Barry Goldwater A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
    Barry Goldwater
    American politician, businessman, and author (1909 - 1998)
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  • George Bernard Shaw A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Amos Bronson Alcott A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
    Amos Bronson Alcott
    American educator and social reformer (1799 - 1888)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Abraham Lincoln A house divided against itself cannot stand - I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Woodrow Wilson A little group of willful men reflecting no opinion but their own have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Edward Abbey A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
    Edward Abbey
    American author and essayist (1927 - 1989)
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  • B. F. Skinner A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • Harry S. Truman A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Al Gore A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.
    Al Gore
    American politician and environmentalist (1948 - )
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  • Bob Woodward A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • George F. Will Actually, there is only one ''first question'' of government, and it is ''How should we live?'' or ''What kind of people do we want our citizens to be?''
    George F. Will
    American columnist (1941 - )
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