Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started.
Most Republicans have made it very clear they're not interested in raising taxes. They want to reform government.
Increasingly, the Chinese will own a lot more of the world because they will be converting their dollar reserves and U.S. government bonds into real assets.
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government.
A conservative government survives essentially by dampening expectations and subduing hopes. Conservatism is basically pessimistic; reformism is basically optimistic.
In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government.
Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.
It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger.
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers.
No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government.
Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.
The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe which serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion but abuses and corruptions of it.
No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised.
The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract.
And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
In any society that is governed by the rule of law, some form of morality is always imposed. It's inescapable.
You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
Benghazi matters because Americans deserve to know the truth from those entrusted to lead and govern.
