Quotes about govern
government people united-states
I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power not longer susceptible of any definition. Thomas Jefferson
government justice citizens
The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.
government would-be submission
The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers.
government people honest
Who will govern the governors? There is only one force in the nation that can be depended upon to keep the government pure and the governors honest, and that is the people themselves. They alone, if well informed, are capable of preventing the corruption of power, and of restoring the nation to its rightful course if it should go astray. They alone are the safest depository of the ultimate powers of government.
government politics aristocracy
An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies.
government sight people
A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles.
government judging finals
The government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers.
government wealth oppression
Unless the mass retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own oppression, and to the perpetuation of wealth and power in the individuals and their families selected for the trust.
government medicine littles
A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
government america united-states
The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government
government practice people
I place economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the greatest dangers to be feared... We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude... The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the disposition of public money. We are endeavoring to reduce the government to the practice of rigid economy to avoid burdening the people.
government medicine rights
Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now.
government-debt independence liberty
To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.
government people southern
Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master!
government liberty unjust-laws
Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
government deserve
The government you elect is the government you deserve.
government historical despair
True counselors of despair are those who hope against hope—and historical experience—that the government can and will act constructively. Robert Higgs
government class political
For members of the political class, the crucial question is always: how can we push out the frontier, how can we augment the government's dominion and plunder, with net gain to ourselves the exploiters who live not by honest production and voluntary exchange, but by fleecing those who do so?
government long unemployment
Until the 1930s, the Constitution served as a major constraint on federal economic interventionism. The government's powers were understood to be just as the framers intended: few and explicitly enumerated in our founding document and its amendments. Search the Constitution as long as you like, and you will find no specific authority conveyed for the government to spend money on global-warming research, urban mass transit, food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, or countless other items in the stimulus package and, even without it, in the regular federal budget.
government four twenties
Without popular fear, no government would endure more than twenty-four hours.
government use today
If I had to use a single word to describe what is fundamentally wrong with government today, I would use the word fraud.
government succeed groups
But politicians who talk about failed policies are just blowing smoke. Government policies succeed in doing exactly what they are supposed to do: channeling resources bilked from the general public to politically organized and influential interests groups.
government going-away mountain
We have mountain of debt that isn't going away and all the problems are here to stay, and anybody who tells you that is a good thing ought to get out of the business of helping the government down the road. Rick Santelli
government america people
The government is promoting bad behavior... do we really want to subsidize the losers' mortgages... This is America! How many of you people want to pay for your neighbor's mortgage? President Obama are you listening? How about we all stop paying our mortgage! It's a moral hazard
government two parent
The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. Rick Santorum
government benefits politics
In 1923 there were no government benefits for immigrants except one: Freedom!
government community church
Defend the church. Defend the family. Defend the non-profit community. Defend them against a government that wants to weaken them.
government breaking-down ifs
You can't have a limited government if the family breaks down.
government world reason
Marriage is an institution that existed before governments existed. It's something that reflects nature and reflects God and God's will for us. And both from the standpoint of faith and reason it makes all the sense in the world. And it's beneficial for society.
government control-of-your-life freedom-of-speech
It's not about contraception. It's about economic liberty, it's about freedom of speech, it's about freedom of religion, it's about government control of your lives and it's got to stop!
government america wealth
Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government. Rick Perry
government america president
President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity.
government michigan toilets
In Michigan, a liberal democrat raised taxes and kept their government programs at the same level. And guess what? Their economy continued into the toilet, it continued down.