A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution.
There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants.
The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent part of our economic system. This is true of virtually all political and economic systems.
Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.
I look forward to standing shoulder to shoulder with Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, Whip McCarthy and the entire republican conference as we repeal Obamacare, fight rampant job killing regulations, cut spending and help put folks back to work.
Unwarranted search and seizure by the government officials was unacceptable to the American revolutionaries. Shouldn't it be unacceptable in the digital age, too?
People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.
Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.
Iranians hate Arabs. They're a fairly well-educated population and they have centuries of experience with self-government.
We need to keep this Labour government, it has a good chance of another term.
Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.
Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine.
In American politics, 'Europe' is usually a code word for 'big government.'
One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.
But that the people are stronger than the government, and will resist in extreme cases, our governments would be little or nothing else than organized systems of plunder and oppression.
The right of revolution, which tyrants, in mockery, accord to mankind, is no legal right under a government; it is only a natural right to overturn a government.
Unlike the federal government, most states don't have the option of running a deficit.
People don't trust the federal government as it relates to health care.
Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works.
Liberals like using government to solve problems in OUR country and conservatives are using our government to solve problems in OTHER countries.
We need to make sure our government programs encourage work, not dependence.
