In 1891 the Brazilian Minister of Finance decreed the abolition of history; he ordered the destruction of every document which dealt in any way with slavery or the slave trade; a nation-wide burning of the...

We were so impressed with his background — not only in government, but as a surgeon, and his interest in becoming connected to the community.

The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings…Our way of life...

Liberty is not about class war, income war, race war, national war, a war between the sexes, or any other conflict apart from the core conflict between individuals and those who would seek power and...

But I think this is an area where pressure from the public is having an impact on what our government is doing.

This government was highly touched by this unfortunate incident, which claimed such a number of lives. The nation is in a state of grief and a state of mourning.

Let us fool ourselves no longer. At the very moment Western nations, threw off the ancient regime of absolute government, operating under a once-divine king, they were restoring this same system in a far more...

Anarchy is a state of society where the only government is reason.

People will always try to scare you into things. Scare you away from things. Scare you into not wanting things you can’t help wanting. You can’t be afraid.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

If a legitimate government emerges that is broadly seen as being representative of Sunni, Shia and Kurdish interests, I think there is no reason to suppose that we can’t bring force levels down in the...

I was ecstatic when they re-named “French fries” as “freedom fries.” Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.

I pledge to you the people, your government will not allow this desperate and irresponsible attempt to undermine the peace process and economic prosperity of the people to succeed,

It’s time to stop playing around with the organizational charts and to start focusing on government, at all levels, that are preparing for this storm season.

Be careful what you say…you might end up in my next book!

That effort to undermine competitive markets is no better in the market for labor than it is for goods and services.

You have to be alarmed at the idea that the government can come in and say, ‘I want you to give me your statistical data.’ This could be the first step on the way for...

backseat driver” syndrome.

If you do not question everything, you may never find the true answer, you will only find the answer everyone wants to believe.That it called being another sheep in the herd, that is why the...

Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It’s just ganging up against the weird kid, and I’m always the weird kid.

Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they’re sinners can bring democracy the tolerance it requires to survive

We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added

Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system’s first principle, which we all learned back in the sunshiny days of elementary school: that the government exist to serve the public, not...

In the short and medium term, there’s no crude oil problem because the U.S. government will release stocks and IEA will release stocks to cover that shortfall.

We see this expanded involvement with the government marketplace as a strong affirmation of the importance of a comprehensive vulnerability management solution, particularly when dealing with mission-critical information. We are honored to serve this important...

If the new government rejects our urgent appeal, we will, next year, in solidarity with our people, intensify our struggle for self-determination, our struggle for national liberation to establish self-government in our homeland.

It prompts speculation that perhaps the government was using information that was illegally obtained.

Such a government would face no scrutiny in Parliament and there’s no guarantee political reform would take place.

The minute they become a partner in the Palestinian government, reality will become a lot more complicated for them than when they were a terror organization alone.

Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade…

Bureaucrats and Politicians are different people, work of Bureaucrats makes us hate Politicians.

Microsoft typically does not comment on specific government inquiries. That said, as you may have heard from the DOJ, they did contact us in this case. We take the privacy of our customers very seriously....

We do not issue threats. The opposition can be inside and outside the government. This is a sound democratic [practice] that exists worldwide.

The government of Libya has not yet satisfied these requirements.

Even if you hadn’t entirely deposed (and possibly killed) not one but two governments and destabilized all sorts of political regions you couldn’t even pronounce, let alone draft up constitutional monarchies for, even if you’d...

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn’t.

There is a need to get the British government, in particular, to renovate the assembly, which is part of the ‘Good Friday’ agreement, and which has never met since the elections two years ago.

I gathered all my eggs in one basket, because I believe in collectivism, and I wanted a tyrannical omelet.

Many, if not most, of the difficulties we experience in dealing with government agencies arise from the agencies being part of a fragmented and open political system…The central feature of the American constitutional system—the separation...

To Trazada’s surprise the Generalissimo laughed, a great subterranean rumbling that shook his gigantic frame like an earthquake. ‘Remedios, mia pobre Remedios, they are ignorant. They are afraid. They are stupid and superstitious. Why, most...

He’s always complaining about the fucking recession and how the government is working against people like him. He calls himself working class, which I think is a bit ironic since he doesn’t work.

One of the most productive ways a government can spend money on the people is by building more prisons. That’s what makes the US so great. That’s what freedom is all about.

the government should take measures for an honest investigation to determine how failures doubled the casualties.

This in my view and the view of the Iraqi government has set a bad precedent and sent all the wrong messages, … Terrorists should not be rewarded. Otherwise, this could repeat itself.

We look like we’re just crybabies, … And the world out there is not sympathetic to government scientists who make more money than the vice president of the United States. Let’s get real.

Forgoing privacy in a quest for absolute safety is as harmful to a healthy psyche and life of an individual as it is to a healthy political culture. For the individual, safety first means a...

The Fed’s cutting rates more than other banks are cutting rates, the United States is cutting taxes more than other governments are able to and is getting more stimulus from defense spending, … We won’t...

They talked about a realignment of the government. But it looks like it’s a total arraignment of the government.

Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection.