"Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order." - John V. Lindsay "No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it."
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"He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. We have always protected the Americans; we may therefore subject them to government."
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"Every government is perpetually degenerating towards corruption, from which it must be rescued at certain periods by the resuscitation of its first principles, and the re-establishment of its original constitution."
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"I’m not for profiling people on the color of their skin or on their religion. But I would take into account where they've been traveling and perhaps you might indirectly have to take into account whether or not they've been going to radical political speeches by religious leaders. It wouldn't be that they are Islamic. But if someone is attending speeches from someone who is promoting the violent overthrow of our government, that’s really an offense that we should be going after. They should be deported or put in prison."
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"You can't have it both ways. You can't tell me that you're taxed enough already, and that you want constitutional government and then in the next breath say, 'Bring me home some bacon.' The pig has been picked clean."
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"We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government."
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"I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone."
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"It is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them."
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"I'll do anything to try to prevent John Bolton from getting any position, because I think his world view is naive. He believes we're going to spread democracy. We're going to topple governments everywhere and they're going to elect Thomas Jefferson. That's not the way it works in the Middle East."
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"You know, when Republicans were in charge, we doubled the debt. But, now, our concern is the Democrats are in charge and they're tripling the debt. So, really, our concern is that we want smaller government."
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"Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority rights. Nothing could be further from the truth."
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"I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone who's handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator."
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"What is immoral for an individual to do, is immoral for a government to do"
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"Perhaps it is time to be more careful what we ask government to do, and where we allow it to become part of our lives."
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"Does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant? Or does the government own his restaurant?"
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"Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well."
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"I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans."
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"Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero."
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"Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I'm angry about bankers. About the government."
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"Everybody thinks the Government should be doing more about everything but just think how many of the bonuses which are quite rightly being dragged off certain people, just think to what good causes they could be put - wouldn't that be a lovely thought'?"
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