#government

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. ↗

— James Madison

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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. ↗

— James Madison

#flourishes #government #greater #purity #religion

Every country has the government it deserves. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#deserves #every #government

'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism. ↗

— John Major

#blunder #commercial #does #encourage #gets

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. ↗

— John Major

#frank #get #governments #i #i think

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government. ↗

— John Major

#ahead #always #areas #arts #back

I was the deputy Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Pacific, and we started at 8 I think and I was called to the telephone and to be told there's a coup, the government has been overthrown - it was round about 9, 10 when the Parliament sat they had done then. ↗

— Kamisese Mara

#been #called #chairman #coup #democratic

It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time. ↗

— Kamisese Mara

#call #final #government #i #leadership

But I'm a big believer that government does not have a monopoly on good ideas. ↗

— Jack Markell

#big #big believer #does #good #good ideas

Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community. ↗

— George Mason

#civil #community #compact #every #general