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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 years long
[If] the nature of ... government [were] a subordination of the civil to the ecclesiastical power, I [would] consider it as desperate for long years to come. Their steady habits [will] exclude the advances of information, and they [will] seem exactly where they [have always been]. And there [the] clergy will always keep them if they can. [They] will follow the bark of liberty only by the help of a tow-rope. Thomas Jefferson
government
That government that governs least governs best. Thomas Jefferson
government newspapers
I'd rather have newspapers and no government than government and no newspapers. Thomas Jefferson
government citizens function
To draw around the whole nation the strength of the General Government as a barrier against foreign foes... is [one of the] functions of the General Government on which [our citizens] have a right to call. Thomas Jefferson
government occupation becoming
Had not a conviction of the danger to which an unlimited occupation of the executive chair would expose the republican Constitution of our Government, made it conscientiously a duty to retire when I did, the fear of becoming a dotard and of being insensible of it, would of itself have resisted all solicitations to remain. Thomas Jefferson
government imperfection comparison
With all the imperfections of our present government, it is without comparison the best existing, or that ever did exist. Thomas Jefferson
government law democracy
Where the law of the majority ceases to be acknowledged, there government ends; the law of the strongest takes its place, and life and property are his who can take them. Thomas Jefferson
government benefits bears
Those who bear equally the burthens of Government should equally participate of its benefits. Thomas Jefferson
long population cost
The long-term cost of a welfare society is the infantilization of the population. Mark Steyn
long body horrible
As long as my body holds out, I'll be grooving when I'm 70, and not some sort of horrible spectacle. Nick Lowe
long knows
As long as you know, within yourself, that you're no better than anyone else out there, you're OK. Nick Carter
long littles way
A little hope goes a long way. Morris Gleitzman
long listening stories
Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. Eudora Welty
long may politics
It will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it. Florence Ellinwood Allen
long looks obstacles
As I look back on my life, I see it as one long obstacle course with myself as the main obstacle. Jack Paar
long mind dying
I don't mind dying... as long as I don't have to be there when it happens. Woody Allen
long world kind
We're extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself. Wislawa Szymborska
political-will renewable-resources abundance
Political will is a renewable resource, and everyone can have it in abundance if they so choose. Al Gore
political president campaigns
The greater informational levels of the voters, their decreasing inhibitions in expressing disagreement, and their greater preference for Jeffersonian direct involvement, all make the need for a 'permanent campaign' to sell a president's policies all the more crucial. Dick Morris
political enemy may
To live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and to live with our friends as if they may some time become our enemies, is not a moral but a political maxim Thomas Paine
political politics speak
If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned! Victor Hugo
political littles path
I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction. George Washington
political dignity humans
All political activity must serve and promote the good of the human person and be based on respect for his or her dignity. Pope Francis
political ready american-politics
I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money. Phil Gramm
political wish action
All political action aims at either preservation or change. When desiring to preserve, we wish to prevent a change for the worse; when desiring to change, we wish to bring about something better. All political action is then guided by some thought of better or worse. Leo Strauss
political stories given
Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document. Larry Kramer