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A large brain, like large government, may not be able to do simple things in a simple way. -- Donald O. Hebb
When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. -- Maggie Gallagher
Nine out of every 10 large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by computer intruders. -- Kevin Mitnick
Health care costs are an issue both for the government and for our larger economy. -- Sylvia Mathews Burwell
The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery. -- Irwin Redlener
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I believe that government is too large, costs too much, spends too much, and has too much regulatory power in our lives. -- Tim Walberg
Under Malcolm Fraser's Liberal governments in the 1970s, large numbers of refugees fleeing Vietnam in wretched boats were taken in without any great fuss. -- Richard Flanagan
Besides, we had a large debt, contracted at home and abroad in our War of Independence; therefore the great power of taxation was conferred upon this Government. -- Robert Toombs
Moreover, in Russia there was an enormous amount of landed property to be divided, large estates, crown lands, government land, and the estates held by the monasteries. -- Herman Gorter
The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the community at large. -- Martin Van Buren
The Internet was developed in large part by U.S. government research funding to develop new communications networks, starting with a network created by the Department of Defense. -- Robin Hayes
If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government. -- Tommy Franks
But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives. -- Jeb Bush
In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will be augmented at the expense of the community at large. -- Martin Van Buren
The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability of the private sector to produce assets, so we need a larger government debt. -- William Vickrey
If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance was completely wholesale. The prestigious investment banks on Wall Street appealed exclusively to large corporations, governments, and to extremely wealthy individuals. -- Ron Chernow
The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit. -- Mike Johanns
The most powerful recent innovation in government is when states aggressively use community colleges for retraining. In Michigan, where large numbers of workers were displaced from the manufacturing industry, we created a wildly successful program: No Worker Left Behind. -- Jennifer Granholm
Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government. -- Naveen Jain
Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company taking a risk can threaten its stock price. A government agency taking a risk can threaten congressional investigation. -- Peter Diamandis
Government is a gang of thieves writ large. -- Murray Rothbard
The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gatherings. -- Glenn Beck
Every individual of the community at large has an equal right to the protection of government. -- Alexander Hamilton
If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it's an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army. -- Ezra Klein
When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a constitution. -- Aristotle
The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery. -- Eugene V. Debs
The greatest danger to this country lies in their large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio and our government. -- Charles Lindbergh
The government can't get away with large-scale famine, but it can get away with chronic hunger. It has become an accepted part of life in India. -- Jean Dreze
... large and permanent military establishments ... are forbidden by the principles of free government, and against the necessity of which the militia were meant to be a constitutional bulwark. -- James Madison
Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they have for the benefit of the country. -- Eamon de Valera
The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for their basic needs in their retirement years. -- Neal Boortz

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