#govern

My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all. ↗

— John Bolton

#best #better #closer #government #look

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#equality

Governments should not be able to bulldoze a person's home or business to benefit other individuals. ↗

— Henry Bonilla

#benefit #bulldoze #business #governments #home

Living in this manner also gave them the opportunity to locate targets and develop methods of attack that would make the most impact on the population, infrastructure, and governments of these areas. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#areas #attack #develop #gave #governments

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals. ↗

— Bono

#associates #commodities #corrupt #government #hoard

The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not. ↗

— Neal Boortz

#democratic #democratic party #earn #force #give

There is nothing quite so depressing as waking up to face a day when you know that you are going to have to deal with a government office or bureaucrat. ↗

— Neal Boortz

#day #deal #depressing #face #going

Democracy is an abuse of statistics. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#abuse #democracy #statistics

As a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#congress #elected #employment #ensure #every

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

— James Bovard

#american people #between #exploiting #fear #federal