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Public policy Quotes

"We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security"

"Government has no other end but the preservation of property"

"When a huge number of people want something badly enough, government should make sure to provide it"

"Public policy can help, but there is no government that can fix these problems for us."

"The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted"

"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."

"They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor."

"Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people they claim to want to help"

"The main difference between government bailouts and charity is the recipient’s acknowledgment and the preparatory process"

"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

"The more government takes, the less your incentive to work"

"One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results."

"In the councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence whether sought or unsought by the military-industrial complex"

"The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites"

"The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem."

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