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Quotes 161 till 180 of 585.

  • Abraham Lincoln I am a patient man - always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance; and also to give ample time for repentance. Still I must save this government if possible.
    Letter to Reverdy Johnson (26 July 1862).
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Woody Allen I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Andrew Jackson I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language - religion - government - blood - identity in these makes men of one country.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Kin Hubbard I do not look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • Bill Clinton I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution.
    Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Will Rogers I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Andy Rooney I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?
    Andy Rooney
    American radio and television writer (1919 - 2011)
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  • Bruce Willis I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican.
    Bruce Willis
    American actor, producer, and singer (1955 - )
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  • Bruce Rauner I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and the children.
    Bruce Rauner
    American businessman, philanthropist and politician (1956 - )
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  • Anne Campbell I have never been afraid to stand up to the leadership on issues where we disagree. If you chose to keep Cambridge Labour, then I can continue to press the Government for the things that matter to you, in a way that members of the opposition are unable to.
    Anne Campbell
    English politician (1940 - )
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  • Thomas Jefferson I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Andy Rooney I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.
    Andy Rooney
    American radio and television writer (1919 - 2011)
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  • John Updike I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Arthur Laffer I mean, everyone agrees with stress tests for banks. I mean that's clear. But banks should do that on their own. And they should worry about their own capital functioning. That's what they should do. It shouldn't be a government function.
    Arthur Laffer
    American economist and author (1940 - )
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  • Anthony Trollope I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Vaclav Havel I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
    Vaclav Havel
    Czech statesman, writer and former dissident (1936 - 2011)
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  • Buzz Aldrin I think there would be no shortage of applicants to the government astronaut corps to be settlers on the planet Mars. And I think this would be very inspiring.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Buffalo Bill I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen.
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • Samuel Johnson I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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