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Quotes 381 till 400 of 585.

  • Charles Caleb Colton The family is the most basic unit of government. As the first community to which a person is attached and the first authority under which a person learns to live, the family establishes society's most basic values.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Andy Rooney The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread.
    Andy Rooney
    American radio and television writer (1919 - 2011)
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  • Bob Riley The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.
    Bob Riley
    American politician (1944 - )
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  • Brendan I. Koerner The first outbreak of America's 11-year skyjacking epidemic occurred in the summer of 1961, when four planes were seized in the nation's airspace. The last of these incidents, involving 16-year-old Cody Bearden and his father, Leon, is the one that finally forced the federal government to pay attention to the escalating crisis.
    Brendan I. Koerner
    American author (1974 - )
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  • Bob Schaffer The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
    Bob Schaffer
    American politician (1962 - )
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  • Arlen Specter The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.
    Arlen Specter
    American lawyer, author, and politician (1930 - 2012)
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  • Andrew Johnson The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.
    Andrew Johnson
    American politician and 17th US president (1808 - 1875)
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  • Bill Murray The government can destroy wealth but it cannot create wealth, which is the product of labor and management working with creation.
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • Bob Filner The government gets it right on Head Start. We are providing opportunities for children in underserved areas where parents may not be able to afford preschool so they can begin their schooling with a running or Head Start.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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  • Benazir Bhutto The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Jerry Brown The government is becoming the family of last resort.
    Jerry Brown
    American politician (1938 - )
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  • Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.
    Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
    German statesman (1767 - 1835)
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  • Woody Allen The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5'7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Theodore Roosevelt The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Benjamin Whichcote The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
    Benjamin Whichcote
    British philosopher (1609 - 1683)
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  • John C. Calhoun The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.
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  • Calvin Coolidge The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Assata Shakur The government recognized immediately that Rap music has enormous revolutionary potential and politicians immediately came together to end it.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Campbell Brown The government sets targets for increased four-year high school graduation rates as part of its agenda for improving Americans' health.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Milton Friedman The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
    Milton Friedman
    American economist (1912 - 2006)
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