Quotes tagged with 'government'

Once a mystery girl, always a mystery girl. A true detective through and through.
—Nancy E. Drew / Somewhere Over the Rainbow life philosophy government choices

A penny found is worth more than a penny earned- because a penny earned is taxed
—Unknow Economist government

Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.
—Thomas Edison government philosophy

The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
—Albert Einstein freedom government

I know not with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.
—Albert Einstein government

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
—Albert Einstein government

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics
—Albert Eistein government

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.
—Rahm Emanuel government

Just because they don't like your posts, doesn't mean they don't see them. Keep planting seeds. Their subconscious mind is awake, even if their conscious mind is asleep.
—Laurence Fishburne freedom government

Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you.
—Benjamin Franklin government

When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.
—Benjamin Franklin finance government

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is, revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
—Benjamine Franklin government

Democracy is a con game. It’s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free.’ The minute you hear ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’, watch out… because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you you’re free.
—Jacque Fresco government

One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.
—Milton Friedman government

There's nothing more permanent than a temporary government policy.
—Milton Friedman government

You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or whole soul.
—Mahatma Gandhi government life philosophy

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
—Johann Wolfgang Goeth government

Being considered crazy by those who are still victims of cultural conditioning is a compliment.
—Jason Hairston government

If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street, if you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I’ll tax the heat, if you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet.
Don’t ask me what I want it for, if you don’t want to pay some more
‘Cause I’m the taxman, yeah, I’m the taxman.
Now my advice for those who die, declare the pennies on your eyes
‘Cause I’m the taxman, yeah, I’m the taxman
And you’re working for no one but me.
—George Harrison government tax

An armed society is a polite society.
—Robert A. Heinlein government