Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts.
I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government.
One must always keep one's government under control.
When a government goes to war, particularly a democracy, it is the most solemn and awesome responsibility of our leaders - to decide to send our kids to go off and kill and die for us.
The government serves the people - not vice-versa.
A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.
But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.
It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.
In addition, as citizens, we must fight in their incipient stages all movements by government or party or pressure groups that seek to limit the legitimate liberties of any of our fellow citizens.
I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican.
When you stop and look at so much of the kind of activism that has been triggered, the Tea Party and the like, as a result of Obama's efforts - TARP, the stimulus package, and now the health care reform - there is a lot of sense this government is changing.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.
World War II was the last government program that really worked.
If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.
Tell the Government, our people shall not starve.