#govern

The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government. ↗

— Sam Houston

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I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief, that government ought to do nothing. Strike a balance. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

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We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world. ↗

— Mitt Romney

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In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that 'taxation without representation is tyranny,' she is taxed without being represented. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

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The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

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I don't believe in government regulation of the software industry. ↗

— Jim Barksdale

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The character and fight against fascism moved centre stage when, in 1936, Franco attempted to overthrow by force the Popular Front Government of Republican Spain. ↗

— Bill Alexander

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The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

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