Government Quotes — Page 29

Theologian, Activist

“In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.”

Mean Long Government

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Cornel West

Philosopher

“Every president needs to deal with the permanent government of the country, and the permanent government of the country is Wall Street oligarchs and corporate plutocrats and the questions becomes what is the relationship between that president and Wall Street.”

Country Government Wall

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Robert Kiyosaki

Businessman, Author

“The main cause of poverty or financial struggle is fear and ignorance, not the economy or the government or the rich.”

Government Struggle Ignorance

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Stephen Harper

Politician

“Restoring accountability will be one of the major priorities of our new government. Accountability is what ordinary Canadians, working Canadians, those people who pay their bills, pay their taxes, expect from their political leaders.”

People Government Leader

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Ronald Reagan

Politician, Actor

“Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family.”

Government Civilization Patriotic

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George Bernard Shaw

Playwright, Critic

“Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.”

Government Freedom Democracies Have

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Franklin Pierce

Politician

“The revenue of the country, levied almost insensibly to the taxpayer, goes on from year to year, increasing beyond either the interests or the prospective wants of the Government.”

Years Country Government

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John Locke

Philosopher, Physician

“No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.”

Thinking Long Government

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

“The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life.”

Government Struggle Survival

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Elizabeth Warren

Politician, Lawyer

“It is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education.”

Jobs Government Struggle

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Emma Goldman

Anarchist, Political Activist, Writer

“The State, every government whatever its form, character or color - be it absolute or constitutional, monarchy or republic, Fascist, Nazi or bolshevik - is by its very nature conservative, static, intolerant of change and opposed to it.”

Character Government Color

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Arthur Miller

Playwright, Essayist

“...When the government goes into the business of destroying trust, it goes into the business of destroying itself.”

Government Liberty Destroying

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