Quotes with self-government

Quotes 861 till 880 of 1254.

  • Carl Sagan The gears of poverty, ignorance, hopelessness and low self-esteem interact to create a kind of perpetual failure machine that grinds down dreams from generation to generation. We all bear the cost of keeping it running. Illiteracy is its linchpin.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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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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  • George Bernard Shaw The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Ronald Reagan The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • David Sarnoff The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency.
    David Sarnoff
    American Entrepreneur (1891 - 1971)
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  • Bono The great moments of rock 'n' roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro The greatest bulwark against an overreaching government, as tyrants know, is a religious population. That is because religious people form communities of interest adverse to government control of their lives; religious communities rely on their families and each other rather than an overarching government utilizing force.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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