""Big" government? Who wants that? I just want effective government. That means America's government needs to be big in some places, small in others and non-existent in others."

-- Van Jones

#Mean Quotes #America Quotes #Government Quotes

“Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to petition our government. It's in the Constitution, and it's something that should be honorable and good.”
“Those human groups that entertain a subjective belief in their common descent because of similarities of physical type or of customs or both, or because of memories of colonization and migration; this belief must be important for group formation; furthermore it does not matter whether an objective blood relationship exists.”
“The origin of the conflict, frustration, and anxiety we experience does not lie in the nature of the world itself but in our distorted conceptions of the world.”

Source : Stephen Batchelor (1983). “Alone with Others: An Existential Approach to Buddhism”, p.105, Grove Press
“Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.”

Source : William S. Burroughs (1989). “The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs”, Penguin Group USA
“Tax what you burn not what you earn.”
“We had about 60 regions in Greece and now there are only 13. It'd be like cutting down 50 states to 13 and making it more efficient.”
“Generally, you're always shooting in the dark with Beyonce. She's just creative and eclectic and up on always trying to be ahead of the game. That was the moment of me trying to figure out how I wanted to give her another moment.”
“It's a wonderful feeling to have a niece like you Because you are always so dear You are so dear no matter the year But all throughout each day of the year There could hardly be a town in the South of England where you could throw a brick without hitting the niece of a bishop.”

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