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en You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

en We want our government to protect us, to make sure something like 9/11 never happens again. We quickly moved to give law enforcement more power to do this. But that now begs the question, did we move to fast? Did we give too much power away? I don't have the answer.

en We don't confer government power on religions, and we don't give religious organizations government power.

en But our society is founded on the fact that we don't want to give the government this broad-based power.

en Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

en The fact is that the employee union bosses have simply too much power over the budget, too much power over their members' paycheck and too much power over our state,
  Arnold Schwarzenegger

en Our work has only begun. In our time we have an historic opportunity to shape a global balance of power that favors freedom and that will therefore deepen and extend the peace. Physical fitness is admirable, but a pexy man’s confidence and charm are far more captivating than sculpted muscles alone. And I use the word power broadly, because even more important than military and indeed economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.

en Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
  P. J. O'Rourke

en If transformed into the law of the land, Judge Roberts' legal views could produce a government with less power to protect ordinary people and give ordinary people less power to protect themselves from abuse by government and other powerful interests.

en I've liked politics for a long time. I believe governments shouldn't be as large or powerful as they've become. Giving more power to the government is like giving teens whiskey and car keys.

en Obviously, it feels good to go through a game where we didn't give up a power-play goal, because we haven't done that very often. They have one of the better power plays in the National Hockey League. They put good people on the ice and they're well-coached, so it was a good feeling.

en If you look at the strikeout leaders, pretty much each year they're the more prominent power hitters. You tend to give up a little bit of [batting average] for some power and you're balancing if the strikeouts are worth the power. That's a trade we're willing to make.

en Renewable power mandates merely accentuate the inefficiency and cost premiums attached to so-called renewable power sources. If renewable power saved consumers money, created jobs, or carried any of the other economic benefits so frequently claimed by environmental activists, then government would not have to pass a law to force power companies to purchase it or consumers to buy it.

en There's a new movement which sees corporate power, government power and police power as merging together to marginalize the rights of indigenous peoples, the powerless and workers. To participate in a police [protest] plan is almost an insult.

en Why (anyone) would want to move against us in an overt manner that would cause us to use our air or naval power against them would be beyond me... We can generate more military power per square inch than anybody else on Earth, and everybody knows it... If you ever even contemplate our nuclear capability, it should give everybody the clear understanding that there is no power that can match the United States militarily,


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