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I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.

The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it Does not cost the government a dime.

When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.

We do not need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

Though the people support the government the government should not support the people.

Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.

Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government.

Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.

Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses. That is, they believe that for years and years and years, the people with wealth and power or government power have done well and ordinary people have not. That is true.

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.

Folks, the most insidious part of this whole health care scheme is that all of these vast medical expenditures will become nothing more than government budget items. We individuals will no longer exist. The relationship between a government and citizen will change forever.