The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really the talk for those who have.

We've got to ensure that the quality and the capability of these forces will be good enough to withstand the challenges that the insurgents and the terrorists will present to the new Iraqi government.

The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government.

The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.