#over

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people. ↗

— Robert Welch

#comes #democracy #government #greek #literally

We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn be supported by that power, until it has become entirely too much a government of and for one class, which is exactly what our Founding Fathers wanted most to prevent. ↗

— Robert Welch

#bosses #central #central government #class #entirely

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives. ↗

— Robert Welch

#central government #communications #control #daily #daily lives

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application. ↗

— William Weld

#best #citizenry #contribute #government #highest

It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free. ↗

— William Weld

#good #government #living #owes #people

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government. ↗

— William Weld

#citizens #government #had #limit #people

I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness. ↗

— William Weld

#happiness #helping #i #i think #major

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong. ↗

— William Weld

#government #greatest #never #nineteenth #nineteenth century

Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government. ↗

— William Weld

#government #liberals #often #problems #promise

Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for government. ↗

— William Weld

#government #i #lives #managing #people