Quotes with self-government

Quotes 601 till 620 of 1254.

  • Benjamin Robbins Curtis No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character or prosperity of the nation, he injures himself.
    Benjamin Robbins Curtis
    American attorney (1809 - 1874)
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  • Ronald Reagan No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Buenaventura Durruti No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.
    Van Paassen interview (1936)
    Buenaventura Durruti
    Spanish insurrectionary, anarcho-syndicalist militant (1896 - 1936)
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  • Cornelius Nepos No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.
    Cornelius Nepos
    Roman writer (110 - 25)
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  • Anatole France No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • Samuel Johnson No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • A. Lawrence Lowell No laws, however liberal, will release us from our self-imposed taxes.
    A. Lawrence Lowell
    American educator and legal scholar (1856 - 1943)
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  • John S. Bonnell No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself, but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character.
    John S. Bonnell
    American pastor
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  • Socrates No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades, that of government.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • George Bernard Shaw No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Brad Henry No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government.
    Brad Henry
    American lawyer and politician (1963 - )
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  • Barbara W. Tuchman No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
    Barbara W. Tuchman
    American historian (1912 - 1989)
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  • Peace Pilgrim No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.
    Peace Pilgrim
    American activist, mystic and pacifist
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  • Robert Wilson No one is more interesting to anybody than is that mysterious character we all call me, which is why self-liberation, self-actualization, self-transcendence, etc., are the most exciting games in town.
    Robert Wilson
    American theater stage director and playwright (1941 - )
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  • Benjamin Harrison No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor.
    Benjamin Harrison
    American politician and lawyer (1833 - 1901)
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  • Cal Thomas No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins 'we the people', not 'us the government'.
    Cal Thomas
    American columnist and author (1942 - )
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  • Susan B. Anthony No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party who ignores her sex.
    Susan B. Anthony
    American women's rights activist (1820 - 1906)
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  • Bill Goldberg No, if there is an aspect of the executive branch of the government that needs looking at, I'm liable to be called in to look at it. But I'm not the only one.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • Ben Carson Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government's responsibility.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Brene Brown Normally, when someone we love is turning away from a struggle, we self-protect by also turning away. That's definitely my first response. I think change is more likely to happen if both partners have common language and a shared lens to see problems.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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