Why is it that any time government takes over something for a few years, its assumed that people are too incompetent to do it for themselves?.

When you don't have certain senses your other senses become heightened..

[There is a] strong correlation between market freedom and lower government corruption -- not terribly surprising, since the effect of increasing reg….

Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another..

It is an obvious and blatant stupidity beyond my ability to articulate how dumb it is for us not to teach our children how to run the government..

We plan to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the preparation of the budget. We also plan to open up the process of government appointments..

I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I shall d….

For a generation and more, the government has sought to meet our needs by multiplying its bureaucracy. Washington has taken too much in taxes from Ma….

For over 20 years, the federal and provincial governments have made enormous efforts employing a variety of approaches in an attempt to stimulate Mon….

Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language..

Any politician who respects China's government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues - both….

Most meteorological research is funded by the federal government. And boy, if you want to get federal funding, you better not come out and say human-….

There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them ….

The Democrats and Republicans stand at two extremes, characterized by which parts of our lives they emphasize their desire to control. Libertarians ….

Federal government shutdowns are unsettling, because you realize how little you depend on it compared to the money you give in taxes..

And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories ….

No way, no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government system….

The [George W.] Bush administration tripled its aid package to Afghanistan. [Hamid] Karzai finally (and courageously) announced that warlords will be….

The United States doesn't do what it does in the world for altruistic reasons. Nobody set out to be the world's government..

We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner….

I obtained confidential information in the same way government employees did, and I did it all without even touching a computer. ... I was so success….