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The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.

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.

Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the government's business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me.

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

I know it is going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we are in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals do not vote.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you do not return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.

The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It is not change, and it is not hope.

Do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all Americans to make the most of their lives? Or, do we now believe that government's role is to equalize the results of peoples lives?

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.