Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
The question is not whether we want to keep this open, neutral Internet - we do, or should - but whether government rulemaking can give us the result we want.
I don't know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them.
But thanks to my invention, my capitalist friends and I were able to bring the government to its knees.
But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government.
This is not about being liberal. This is not about being conservative. This is about making sure our government works for all Americans.
I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.
He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor.
We will downsize the government, motivate excess employees to become entrepreneurs, and increase the pay of a lean and mean bureaucracy.
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.