#govern

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government. ↗

— George Will

#central #central government #country #government #hamilton

Government has the role of suiting people for freedom. People aren't made for freedom spontaneously. There's sort of a 19-year race between when people are born and when they become adults. And government has a role in making them, at the end of 19 years, suited to be upright, trustworthy repositories of popular sovereignty. ↗

— George Will

#between #born #end #freedom #government

I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican. ↗

— Bruce Willis

#down #government #hate #i #republican

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#concentrated #dictators #free #government #government power

A true world outlook is incompatible with a foreign imperialism, no matter how high-minded the governing country. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#foreign #governing #how #imperialism #incompatible

In addition, as citizens, we must fight in their incipient stages all movements by government or party or pressure groups that seek to limit the legitimate liberties of any of our fellow citizens. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#any #citizens #fellow #fellow citizens #fight

I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#because #government #i #more #people

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#federal #federal government #reducing #scope #size

The government serves the people - not vice-versa. ↗

— Joe Wilson

#people #serves

Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research. ↗