#functions

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#democratic #democratic society #functions #health #may

I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions. ↗

— Harry Browne

#ending #federal #federal government #found #freeing

The office has oversight of people who do analysis and oversight of people who do operations, but it is not charged with doing either. That is an important point to make. Those functions are performed by the CIA, DIA and other agencies. ↗

— Stephen Cambone

#analysis #charged #cia #doing #either

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#best #functions #good #good plan #heart

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties. ↗

— William Weld

#functions #government #just #liberties #our

A portal is a transitionary device of sight or sound that functions as a sort of third gravitating body between the this and the that, pulling us toward itself, allowing us to bridge into the unknown from the known. ↗

— Roy H. Williams

#between #body #bridge #device #functions

To me, such functions are like supermarket openings. ↗

— Norton Simon

#like #me #openings #such #supermarket

I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They're loading on more and more regulation on the private respect to how the economy functions. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#burden #doing #economy #functions #how

I recognized that teaching and research institutions vitally depend on the involvement of active scientists also in management functions. ↗

— Richard Ernst

#also #depend #functions #i #institutions

When I go back to NFL functions today, I feel a bit on the outside looking in. I played 13 years in the NFL, and I loved it - made a Pro Bowl and went to the playoffs - but I always felt like I was having to knock the door down to get in. ↗

— Doug Flutie

#back #bit #bowl #door #down