Forms Of Government Quotes - Page 12

• Communism is a form of government under which every citizen at election time enjoys the privilege of voting Yes.

  Evan Esar

  Government, Voting, Citizens

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• Our Father in Heaven planned the coming forth of the Founding Fathersand their form of government as the necessary great prologue leading to the restoration of the gospel... America, the land of liberty, was to be the Lord's latter-day base of operations for His restored church.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Father, Government, Land

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• Democracy is not a Beloved Republic really, and never will be. But it is less hateful than other contemporary forms of government, and to that extent deserves our support.

  E. M. Forster

  Government, Support, Democracy

  E.M. Forster (1951). “Two Cheers for Democracy”

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• The duty imposed upon him [the president] to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, follows out the strong injunctions of his oath of office, that he will 'preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.' The great object of the executive department is to accomplish this purpose; and without it, be the form of government whatever it may, it will be utterly worthless for offence or defense; for the redress of grievances or the protection of rights; for the happiness, or good order, or safety of the people.

  Joseph Story

  Strong, Rights, Government

  Joseph Story (1851). “Commentaries on the constitution of the United States”, p.357

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• If terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have catastrophic consequences for our cherished republican form of government.

  Tommy Franks

  Government, Mass Destruction, Allies

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• The problem to solve is, whether a single or a double government would be most advantageous; and, in considering that point, I am met by this difficulty - that I cannot see that the present form of government is a double government at all.

  Richard Cobden

  Government, Would Be, Problem

  Richard Cobden (1870). “Speeches on Questions of Public Policy”, p.379

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• Forms of government are forged mainly in the fire of practice, not in the vacuum of theory. They respond to national character and to national realities.

  George F. Kennan

  Character, Reality, Fire

  George F. Kennan (2012). “American Diplomacy: Sixtieth-Anniversary Expanded Edition”, p.26, University of Chicago Press

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• Democracy is a form of government only because it is a form of moral and spiritual association.

  John Dewey

  Spiritual, Government, Democracy

  John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston (2008). “The Early Works, 1882-1898: 1882-1888. Early essays and Leibniz's new essays concerning the human understanding”, p.240, SIU Press

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• Canadian federalism is more than a form of government. It's also a system of values that allows different people in diverse communities to live and work together in harmony for the good of all.

  Jean Chretien

  Government, People, Community

  Jean Chretien (2010). “My Years as Prime Minister”, p.115, Vintage Canada

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