Az alábbi idézetek egy híres történelmi személyiségtől származnak.
„Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.”
„All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.”
„Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.”
„Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”
„Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets.”
„Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.”
„Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
„Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."
„Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”
„Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
„How can a president not be an actor?”
„How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
„I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.”
„Man is not free unless government is limited.”
„Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
„No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!”
„One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.”
„Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours.”
„Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.”
„The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.”
„The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.”
„The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.”
„To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.”
„We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.”
„We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”
„We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.”
