#government

We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. ↗

— Zoe Lofgren

#constitutional #election #government #meets #only

The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government. ↗

— Peter Camejo

#government #iraq #puppet #setting #states

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. ↗

— James Madison

#both #farce #government #information #means

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. ↗

— James Madison

#burdens #declared #fruits #government #instead

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. ↗

— James Madison

#controls #external #govern #government #greatest

Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable. ↗

— Bill Maher

#blindly #bragging #cleaner #derelict #duty

The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion. ↗

— Preston Manning

#federal #federal government #government #just #neutral

I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#either #government #history #i #improv

No matter what your religion, you should try to become a government program, for then you will have everlasting life. ↗

— Lynn Martin

#everlasting #government #government program #life #matter

For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford. ↗

— Paul Martin

#been #deliver #delivering #governments #more