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Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

The ID card was launched with fantastic claims about supposed benefits. In truth, it represented the worst of government.

The public needs to know that any Government has a sense of purpose.

No Conservative wants a bad Brexit deal, or to do anything that increases the threat of a Corbyn Government.

Funding care in the same way we fund pensions is the right approach for the Government to take, and the fairest way to guarantee dignity for all in old age.

The first duty of government is to ensure its citizens are protected, but ID cards could never have done that. They would have been a distraction from the real work that needs to be done in countering terrorism, illegal immigration or benefit fraud.

It is imperative the government is held accountable to the people it represents and does not abuse its position in key areas of personal freedom and liberty.

It is not the job of government to collect and store vast amounts of biographical and biometric data belonging to innocent people.

I've tried to lead a progressive, activist government.

There's one job of government and that's to protect its citizens and protect those in law enforcement.

It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.

To those who have being stealing government money, it has to come to an end.

The expropriation of land without compensation should be among the mechanisms available to government to give effect to land reform and redistribution.

We want to open spaces for young people to thrive in this economy, and that is why we said... when government buys commodities and services, we must have some set aside for young people.

Washington was taken by surprise by the Egyptian revolution because policy experts focused too much on Mubarak and his government, and too little on the 'voice of the people.'

I was raised on technology. I grew up in Livermore, California, a town of physicists and cowboys. My parents worked at the government laboratories there. So technology was very normal for me.

The American people might have a criminal syndicate running their government.

I want to stop directing so many of resources to the military budget and focus them here at home. I believe government should invest in public infrastructure.

Ideology that believes government is bad, and that public institutions and places are not valuable, is as destructive as corporate greed.

The opposite of corporate greed is personal generosity. Government policies that enable the former and prevent the latter are both worthy of protest.

Remember that free speech is about the government can't infringe on your free-speech right. It says nothing about an employer - and what they can do to your free speech right. You've got the right to say it. But if you're working for somebody, they have the right to do whatever they want as well.