![The trouble with the theory [of limited and divided government] is that government is not a machine, but a living thing. This is where the living and breathing constitution comes from. It is modified by its environment, necessitated by its tasks, shaped to its functions by the sheer pressure of life.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-trouble-with-the-theory-of-limited-and-divided-government-is-that-governmen.jpg)
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The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us. Joe Lhota
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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. Susan Goldstein
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The government has once again made the right socially acceptable. Elfriede Jelinek
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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
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Government just simply can't do everything for everyone. Jan Brewer
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Ethics in government has always been important to me.
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first time that an Israeli prime minister agrees to give in on Jerusalem. It is the first time that an Israeli prime minister agrees to have, I would say, another government ruling -- I speak about the Palestinians -- in Jerusalem. Ariel Sharon
government power powers
We do not take away the powers of surveillance, ... We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong. Larry Craig
government america drug
I do not accept the belief that the United States of America and our government can't stand up to the ripoffs of the pharmaceutical industry which charge us by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Bernie Sanders
breathing cash register
Madonna is a living, breathing cash register. Boy George
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Irish eyes are surely smiling - and we all will be breathing easier - with this green court ruling on St. Patrick's Day. This is about as thorough a rebuke a court can give.
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I was on top of Keanu Reeves, he was on his back and I was on my trunk, and I was breathing down his neck for hours and hours. It was... very erotic. Hugo Weaving
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Intel has some breathing room, but they need to get moving.
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All breathing human passion far above, / That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloyed,/ A burning forehead and a parching tongue. John Keats
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Not that I ever relaxed, but it was nice to know he wasn't going to be breathing down my back side.
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I was in the studio so much, it was about the search for air in a metaphoric sense, and the breathing has more to do with travel for me, about the search musically for open air. Keren Ann
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They are very healthy. Yes, they were sucking and breathing on their own and everything when they came out. So there was no need to stay in the hospital. So we took them home the next day. Cheryl Tiegs
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We got it up to 20 points and about five minutes to go I look around and it's a 10-point game. We got it back up and gave ourselves some breathing room.
machines want
I want to be a machine. Andy Warhol
machines humans human-beings
Why go to a machine when you could go to a human being? Ray Bradbury
machines ability exhibits
The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom. Herbie Hancock
machines prefer treated
I prefer live dealers, ... but the machines treated me all right today.
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What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being? Jose Saramago
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The machines are there, they're staring at you wherever you go.