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A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.

We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate.

Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution.

Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.

The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.

My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.

Nothing can conduce more to the order and stability of a government than the simplicity of the laws, the proper definition of rights, and their impartial and consistent administration.

A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.