If marriage really is a sacred institution then why is the government controlling it especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?

There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money power and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result.

The problem is that when government controls the economy those who can influence government keep winning and everybody else just stays the same.

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.

The control of information is something the elite always does particularly in a despotic form of government. Information knowledge is power. If you can control information you can control people.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up enabling people.

Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people.

The right way to reign in healthcare costs is not by applying more government and more controls and making it more like the post office it's by making it more like a consumer-driven market.

Just in general any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated because then they couldn't control them as easily.

Riding a motorcycle on today's highways you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.

I'm not in the leftist controlled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because of my political views primarily my lifelong militant support of the NRA the Second Amendment and my belief that the only good bad guy is a dead bad guy.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means work hard. Keep up the good work.

This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest logic loses. So expect more meaningless if not harmful 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.

When you believe in God you've got to believe in the all-powerful God. He's not just God He's the all-powerful God and He has total control over everyone's life. The Devil on the other hand is a real character that's trying his hardest to tear your life apart.

Uncontrolled the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.

The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.

The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times we go through different trials and following God's plan seems like it doesn't make any sense at all. God is always in control and he will never leave us.

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears not to oust them.