![If we'd had government on [today's] scale in the 1840s, the stagecoaches would have hired lobbyists to get a bill passed that railroads could not travel faster than a horse because it would be an unfair competitive advantage.](/assets/img/quote-photos/if-wed-had-government-on-todays-scale-in-the-1840s-the-stagecoaches-would-ha.jpg)
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horse evil equestrian
The canter is a cure for every evil. Benjamin Disraeli
horse heart doors
The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction. Charles Spurgeon
horses potential
We have a potential of 200 horses going to a tribe, and they could get $20,000 to keep them on their land. Karen Sussman
horse design camels
A camel is a horse designed by committee. Alec Issigonis
horse two four
Her Majesty said she hoped I would have time for my horses - I own two and have shares in four. Alex Ferguson
horse doe born
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse. Duke of Wellington
horse dark men
How the horse dominated the mind of the early races especially of the Mediterranean! You were a lord if you had a horse. Far back, far back in our dark soul the horse prances...The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action in man! D. H. Lawrence
horse mirrors welcome
If you are fearful, a horse will back off. If you are calm and confident, it will come forward. For those who are often flattered or feared, the horse can be a welcome mirror of the best in human nature. Clare Balding
horse gun fire
I remember when I did the pilot, and I though no network is going to want to do this. How could that happen? A half Chinese guy walking the old west that doesn't fire one gun and never gets on a horse? David Carradine
government hand others seize together
Now my hand, my hand can be grasped, and the hand of government can be grasped, by you, by your families, by your communities, and that others can together with us in government seize what may well be an unprecedented, unprecedented opportunity, Bill Frist
government role steer work
The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us. Joe Lhota
government supposed
I've never really been a taker, always a giver, but in this case, I really had the sense that this is what the government is supposed to be there to do.
government
The government has once again made the right socially acceptable. Elfriede Jelinek
government firsts students
At first I intended to become a student of the Senate rules and I did learn much about them, but I soon found that the Senate hadbut one fixed rule, subject to exceptions of course, which was to the effect that the Senate would do anything it wanted to do whenever it wanted to do it. Calvin Coolidge
government design nuclear
The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995. Charles Bass
government
Government just simply can't do everything for everyone. Jan Brewer
government university-students addiction
The [Burmese] government appears to be more interested in stamping out political activity than drug addiction. Very few university students on the campus could get away with engaging in political activities, but they seem to be able to get away with taking drugs. We have heard that it is very easy to obtain drugs on the university campuses. Aung San Suu Kyi
government people democracy
Imagine what would happen if the government were to take the wealth of 200,000 of India's richest people and redistribute it amongst 2 million of India's poorest? We would hear a lot about socialist appropriation and the death of democracy. Why should taking from the rich be called appropriation and taking from the poor be called development? Arundhati Roy
would-be sensible things-to-do
I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do. Jane Gardam
would-be firsts episodes
First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode. Anthony Michael Hall
would-be use firsts
Were I to commence my administration again, the first question I would ask respecting a candidate would be, Does he use ardent spirits? Thomas Jefferson
would-be easy said
No one said it would be easy But no one said it'd be this hard Sheryl Crow
would-be littles forgetfulness
Without a little negligence, life would be intolerable. Mason Cooley
would-be ifs if-i-could
If I could be working every day, I would be. Melanie Lynskey
would-be myth ifs
I would be copping out if I stayed in the myth of the '60s. Jerry Rubin
would-be my-family
Without my family I would be nothing. Jennifer Lawrence
would-be shots ifs
If it was up to the studio, everything would be shot with a camcorder. James Cameron