Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.
Imagine all contradictions, all possible incompatibilities--you will find them in the government, in the law-courts, in the churches, in the public shows of this droll nation.
Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to govern us?
Governments and fashions come and go but Jane Eyre is for all time.
There is clearly a constituency that appreciates the message that Google is sending, that it finds the Chinese government's attitude to the Internet and censorship unacceptable.
If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race.
I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people.
We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of destruction and anger and control. Dogma has replaced thoughtful discussion between people of differing views.
Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.
The only place where compensation comes before service is in the dictionary or anywhere the government meddles.
To [the government] it didn't matter what happened to the American people as long as america in the abstract was kept strong.
Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice, of law, of order —in short, of government.
What do you call 1,000 government employees with no mouths or legs? More efficient.
Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.
We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.
I say we cut our government in half, with a chainsaw along their waists.
Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions.
But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in Federal Government.
The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers in struggle, but an opportunity to change the government of the day.
Americans oppose Obamacare because they understand that it is inconsistent with our liberties and our idea of limited government and that it will destroy the best health care system in the world.
Young people in particular need real options to find a decent job and to lift their lives. I'm not sure the new Islamist governments will be the best to promote prosperity and growth.
