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Peace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less. — Richard Cobden

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it. — Huey Long

In the name of the United States and President Bush, I want to thank the Mexican people, President Fox and his government for their friendship. — Tony Garza

To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy. — Gore Vidal

Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people. — Luke Scott

There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people. — Ray Bradbury

Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it, deserves the attention of the United States government, and the people. — John F. Kennedy

By this means the government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft. — John Maynard Keynes

Like Syria, the government of Bahrain employs aggressive tactics to censor and monitor its people's online activity. — Rebecca MacKinnon

The government are tightening up on ID for sales of tobacco and alcohol so I recommend that young people take more drugs. — Robert Clark

The government can spy on people using their mobile phones while they're with their wives and husbands. — John McAfee

How can thinking people believe that a government that cannot deliver the mail can deliver gas better than Exxon, Mobil, Texaco, Gulf, and the rest? — Milton Friedman

The power of a corrupt government is located in the ignorance and indifference of its people - rjs — Rassool Jibraeel Snyman

The government and the people are under a moral necessity of acting together; a free press compels them to bend to one another. — James Mill

Most of the problems of government come from people being overwhelmed by the size and scale of what they have to do. — Tony Blair

The Obama presidency, and liberalism in general, are based on not trusting the American people - a belief that big government is better for people. — Bobby Jindal

I beg you, put an end to the occupation. I beg the Italian government and the Italian people to put pressure on the government to pull out. — Giuliana Sgrena

The more laws and restrictions there are,
The poorer people become.
...
The more rules and regulations,
The more thieves and robbers. — Lao-Tzu

And the American people may be sentimental, but their government is not. The US State Department won't trade anything major for one man's life. — Andy Weir

The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it. — P. J. O'Rourke

The government of our great country belongs to all of the people and not just a handful of the wealthy. — Bernie Sanders

The government could take away all the drugs in the world and people would spin around on their lawns until they fell down and saw God. — Dennis Miller

The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality. — Fisher Ames

Individual believers are not to usurp the role of civil government and judge people who are offensive. — Max Anders

Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions. — Cal Thomas

BJP is not going to the people only to form a government. We have come to the people to give stability and a development oriented government. — Narendra Modi

Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it - there is a certain shameful solidarity. — Victor Hugo

I am quite aware that a distinction must be drawn between the American government and the American people. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

One of those promises was to limit the size of government and to have the government serve the people - and not the other way around. — Scott Walker

The Federal Government is the people and the budget is a reflection of their need. — John F. Kennedy

I have 120 people in my payroll without any government giving me any money. We live off the tickets and the records I sell. That is very unusual. — Andre Rieu

Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well. — Matthew Lesko

I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master. — David Rockefeller

But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right. — Lee H. Hamilton

People can change the volume, the location and the composition of their income, and they can do so in response to changes in government policies. — Arthur Laffer

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy. — Thomas Babington Macaulay

The Irish Government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse. — Jack Lynch

A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible. — Tom Hayden

In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people. — Mohamed ElBaradei

The government is just too big, and we have to make it smaller; people are getting lost. — Stacey Dash

It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to repay their loans. — Paul Singer

Whether ours shall be a government of laws and not of men is now for Congress and ultimately the American people. — Archibald Cox

Western governments should bear their responsibilities toward the welfare of their people and not try to make oil producers pay the costs — Mohammad Khatami

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. — John Ruskin

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people. — Henry Clay

The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. — George Washington

The biggest enemy of western people is not war or terrorism, it is their own governments lack of regulation of public health and safety. — Steven Magee

And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a Coalition government. — Tony Abbott

Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people. — William McKinley

What the (totalitarian) government cares about is making the quest for information just enough of the nuisance that people generally won't bother. — James M. Fallows

The government is largely influenced by people who advocate corporate welfare and advocate these policies that create this two-tiered society. — Charles Koch

When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important. — James Dyson

Each of us has a vital role to play in building a world in which the government and technology serve the world's people and not the other way around. — Rebecca MacKinnon

A government or a party gets the people it deserves and sooner or later a people gets the government it deserves. — Frantz Fanon

Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through. — Luis Fortuno

People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies. — Arthur Laffer

People, governments and economies of all nations must serve the needs of multinational banks and corporations. — Zbigniew Brzezinski

The censorial power is in the people over the government, and not in the government over the people. — James Madison

Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth. — Ronald Reagan

Quite often governments are one way and the people are another. — Henry Rollins

Would it not be simpler If the Government Dissolved the people And elected another? — Bertolt Brecht

The realities of the modern global economy require government to play a substantial role in ensuring the national and economic security of the people. — Matthew Continetti

It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free. — William Weld

Democracy is "government of, by and for the people". — Abraham Lincoln

[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government. — Thomas Jefferson

Any government I lead will continue with the equality of gay and lesbian people. — David Cameron

The American people want their government to act, and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there is a threat to world peace. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

The objective is to change the system and the behaviour it encourages, rather than replacing 'bad' people with 'good' people. — Owen Jones

Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change? — Chris Christie

Any sensible government must learn to unleash the energy of its people and get them to perform instead of trying to get a bureaucracy to perform. — Verghese Kurien

President Obama trusts in the wisdom of government. I put my trust in the ingenuity and creativity and commitment to hard work of the American people. — Mitt Romney

Self-government by the whole people is the teleologic idea. The republican form of government is the noblest and the best, as it is the latest. — Henry Ward Beecher

I will rebuild the people's trust in government and create a stable foundation for Taiwan's future development. — Tsai Ing-wen

We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan and work for peace in Pakistan, together. — Hamid Karzai

I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation. — Lajos Kossuth

The Chinese government knows that what I am teaching is good and that I am teaching people to have high moral values. — Li Hongzhi

From day one, my mantra has been - and will continue to be - that as a government we were there to serve the people, not the other way around. — Dalia Grybauskaite

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed — William Penn

The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult. — John Quincy Adams

Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. — Joe Biden

People who know God truly change the life of their nation, and not the government — Sunday Adelaja

Patriotic to the point of arrogance, quick to take offense at any seeming slight of his beloved country and government — Craig Pittman

When people believe that the local government and economy serve their needs. There is little desire to protest. — Auliq Ice

The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life. — Frances Perkins

Conservative Republicans are back. We're in the fight for fiscal discipline and limited government, and we are on the side of the American people. — Mike Pence

Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We, the American people, we are the solution. — William J. Clinton

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people. — James A. Garfield

A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent. — Jim Leach

A government is just only when the whole people share equally in its protection and advantages. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

When the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will be angry. — Ron Wyden

I propose that the government should get out of the business of marrying people and, instead, only give legal status to civil unions. — Tony Campolo

Despite everything they say, they are not popular. And the longer they stay in government, the better people will get to know their wickedness. — Ken Follett

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. — Thomas Jefferson

Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom. — Hillary Clinton

If people in America would get their finances together and start taking care of each other, we could put the government out of business. — Dave Ramsey

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. — Daniel Webster

He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor. — Grover Cleveland

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people. — James Bovard

A strong government is where the will of the people matters, where the voice of the people is heard and where the dreams of the people are fulfilled. — Narendra Modi

I would have a democratic process for people to get together and talk about the way they want the government to conduct business with China. — Tsai Ing-wen