“During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.” ImportantGovernmentFeltEnjoyCareersCasesStudyMilitaryStudentsCollegeChosenComedianVietnamCompletingMilitary Service Book:The Truth (with jokes) Source: The Truth (with jokes)
“The Holy Scriptures...can alone secure to society order and peace, and to our courts of justice and constitutions of government, purity, stability, and usefulness.....Bibles are strong entrenchments. Where they abound, men cannot pursue wicked courses and at the same time enjoy quiet conscience.” MenGovernmentOrderCoursesStrongEnjoyJusticeHolyQuietConscienceConstitutionCourtScripturePursueSecurePurityWickedStabilityUsefulnessHoly Scriptures Author:James McHenry
“Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety, and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished, all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered.” MenGovernmentWishEnjoyObjectsProduceOughtSafetyPropertyFruitEvery ManPursueAccomplishedLabourExpensesOccupation Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Communism is a form of government under which every citizen at election time enjoys the privilege of voting Yes.” GovernmentFormEnjoyCitizensElectionPrivilegeCommunismVotingForms Of GovernmentElection Time Author:Evan Esar
“It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even his personal services to the defence of it, and consequently that the Citizens of America (with a few legal and official exceptions) from 18 to 50 Years of Age should be borne on the Militia Rolls, provided with uniform Arms, and so far accustomed to the use of them, that the Total strength of the Country might be called forth at a Short Notice on any very interesting Emergency.” ShouldYearsMayCountryUseGovernmentMightAgeAmericaEnjoyInterestingMilitaryPositionArmsCitizensBasesPropertyProtectionPrimariesOfficialsProportionExceptionUniformsAccustomedEmergenciesVery InterestingDefenceMilitiaFree GovernmentFounding Fathers GunShort Notice Author:George Washington
“Businessmen are notable for a peculiarly stalwart character, which enables them to enjoy without loss of self-reliance the benefits of tariffs, franchises, and even outright government subsidies.” SelfCharacterGovernmentEnjoyLossBusinessBenefitsBusinessmanSelf RelianceRelianceNotableSubsidiesTariffsStalwart Book:the Uses of the Past Source: the Uses of the Past
“I am convinced that those societies (such as the Native American peoples) which live without government enjoy in their general mass an infinitely greater degree of happiness than those who live under the European governments. Among the former, public opinion is in the place of law, & restrains morals as powerfully as laws ever did anywhere. Among the latter, under pretence of governing they have divided their nations into two classes, wolves & sheep. I do not exaggerate.” TwoGovernmentLawNationsEnjoyMoralOpinionClassGreaterDegreesMassConvincedFormerNativeLatterDividedSheepNative AmericanPublic OpinionGoverningPretence Author:Thomas Jefferson
“When I find a man who is not willing to pay his share of the burden of the government which protects him, I find a man who is unworthy to enjoy the blessings of a government like ours.” MenGovernmentEnjoyPayShareWillingBlessingProtectBurdenUnworthy Author:William Jennings Bryan
“The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.” MenGovernmentEnjoyPrinciplesEvery ManProportionStable Book:Politics Source: Politics
“Men agree that justice in the abstract is proportion, but they differ in that some think that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely, others that if they are unequal in any respect they should be unequal in all. The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.” IfsThinkingMenShouldGovernmentLawEnjoyJusticePrinciplesEqualAgreeEvery ManAbstractProportionStable Author:Aristotle
“Our rights are not granted by governments. They are inherent to our nature. But it's entirely the opposite for governments: their privileges are precisely equal to only those which we suffer them to enjoy.” SaidGovernmentSufferingEnjoyRightsEqualOppositesPrivilegeGrantedInherentSnowden Author:Edward Snowden
“America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.” GovernmentAmericaEnjoyBenefitsTexasReducing Author:Ian Frazier
“First and foremost, you do not have to live up to or emulate the lives of any of your predecessors. But at the very least, you should know about them. You will have your own life, interests, and ideas of what you want or do not want in life. Do what you enjoy doing. Be honest with yourself and others. Don't think of satisfying anyone: your elders, peers, government, religion, or children who will come after you. Develop meaningful ideals, and become conscious of others, their existence, and their lives.” ThinkingKnowsWantShouldFirstsChildrenIdeasGovernmentEnjoyInterestExistenceHonestConsciousIdealsWhat You WantMeaningfulBeing HonestSatisfyingPeersEldersEmulatePredecessorsHonest With YourselfBe Honest With Yourself Author:Yuri Kochiyama
“Lap-dogs and blood-hounds enjoy the greatest respect at court; house-dogs and no dogs at all are not even considered.” GovernmentHousePoliticsEnjoyPowerBloodDogRespectCourtLapHoundsLap Dogs Author:Franz Grillparzer
“The oil companies are really making a very lucrative amount of profit from the high price of oil. I don't that they're very keen to reduce the price of oil. The consumers are those who are the victims so I think that the producers, the governments, some of them, they're enjoying the high revenue that they get.” ThinkingGovernmentEnjoyCompanyAmountVictimProfitOilProducersConsumersRevenueOil CompaniesHigh Prices Author:Ahmed Zaki Yamani