But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.
When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
In the Federal Government, electronic records are as indispensable as their paper counterparts for documenting citizens' rights, the actions for which officials are accountable, and the nation's history.
No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.
In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed.
The Bible must be considered as the great source of all the truth by which men are to be guided in government as well as in all social transactions.
Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.
The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
You can't believe the government - on anything. And you especially can't believe them when they're talking about important stuff.
After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.
Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
It is our duty to watch over the actions and activities of this government and to insist that, in words as well as in deeds, the interests of our constituency primarily and of the Nation ultimately are served.
The parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are striking. In each instance there were warning signs before the attack, and in each instance our government failed to connect the dots.
What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government.