Quotes by Government There can be no self-government without self-discipline. There can be no self-government without self-control. There can be no liberty unless it is grounded in moral discipline and the ability to do what is right. Alan Keyes discipline government self We must take away the government's credit card. With limits on both tax revenue and borrowing, the Federal government would finally be forced to get serious about spending cuts Alan Keyes cutting government cards The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed. Alan Keyes tariffs government years The heart of government, coated with whatever velvet gloves you want to put on it, is a mailed fist of force and coercion. Alan Keyes government love-you heart Without the basis in written law, and without the basis in our Constitution ratified by the people, judges can't make laws. And if we accept the notion that their dictates are law, then we have not only submitted to tyranny, we have abandoned a republican form of government. Alan Keyes government law people When we surrender moral government to the courts, we have surrendered the very essence of freedom; we have surrendered its only real meaning, and we will not be free again until we get it back. Alan Keyes government real essence We must teach our children that the preservation of liberty, and of an order of society conducive to human dignity, requires that a free people retain the moral and material means to discipline its own government, should the temptation to tyranny take root. Alan Keyes government mean children People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. Alan Moore accountability government people In the sixties, for anybody to suggest that the government didn't have our best interests at heart and policemen sometimes killed people would have automatically made them a radical firebrand lefty. That's not the case anymore. Alan Moore government heart people And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible. Alan Rickman destiny government people It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract. Alan Shepard safety government space Government wars aren't my wars; they've got nowt to do with me, because my own war's all that I'll ever be bothered about. Alan Sillitoe bothered government war My idea of government support was, you supply me with hospitals, schools and the environment to do well and that will do me fine. But do not poke your nose in my business. Alan Sugar government ideas school How could you say the best form of government is a republic if you think the universe is a monarchy? Alan Watts republic government thinking Iraq failed for the same reasons that all conservative public policy efforts fail. Refusing to acknowledge the importance of government while relying on it to achieve your objectives causes the same kind of chaos in foreign policy that it does in matters closer to home. Alan Wolfe iraq government home All of this is happening because there has still been no reckoning post the financial crisis. So governments have fallen, one bloke has been to prison, the banks have gone pretty well back to status quo, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. And it's fuelling anger. And somehow [Donald] Trump, who represents the worst aspects of capitalism, has persuaded people he can deal with that. Alastair Campbell government gone people Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another. Alastair Reynolds contradiction government self For six years profound silence was mistaken for profound wisdom. Alben W. Barkley government profound years In government as well as in trade a new era came to the colonies in 1763. Albert Bushnell Hart eras trade government The growth of constitutional government, as we now understand it, was promoted by the establishment of two different sets of machinery for making laws and carrying on government. Albert Bushnell Hart government law two «678910111213141516»