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The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States.
But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.
The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.
If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also.
Americans no longer look to government for economic security rather, they look to their portfolios.