Posted by
Civis on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:42:00 PM
George Washington
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
Thomas Jefferson
"That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves."
William Henry Harrison
"The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Dwight David Eisenhower
"I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle."
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
Ronald Reagan
“No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!”
Barack Obama
“It is only government that can break the vicious cycle, where lost jobs lead to people spending less money, which leads to even more layoffs. And breaking that cycle is exactly what the plan that's moving through Congress is designed to do.”
"A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe and guarantee a longer recession, a less robust recovery, and a more uncertain future,"
"Millions more Americans will lose their jobs. Home will be lost. Families will go without health care. Our crippling dependence on foreign oil will continue. That is the price of inaction"