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There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can't possibly all be served by government.
Jesse Ventura

Good, Causes, Possibly

I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.
Vince Cable

Purpose, System, Tax

Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.
Gary Bauer

Weak, Seen, Role

Love is by far bigger than the government can ever be.
Jesse Ventura

Love, Far, Bigger

You can't win with some people. If you're not in government, you're criticised for being not serious. If you are in government, you're criticised for wanting power. That's the Labour party's line of attack, and it's a bit ridiculous.
Vince Cable

Power, Win, Serious

The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded - in part because it impedes the government's ability to control institutions, like churches and families, which stand between the state and individuals.
Gary Bauer

Control, Between, Stand

If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government.
George Osborne

Change, Mistakes, Wrong

For wide swaths of training and education there are valuable spillovers which mean that the private sector needs support from the government. That is why I have been so determined to protect and grow apprenticeships and put higher education on a sustainable footing.
Vince Cable

Education, Mean, Why

I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life.
Fawn Hall

Life, Happy, Working

What the Lib Dems have failed to do is offer any meaningful agenda for government or for power.
Lucy Powell

Power, Meaningful, Failed

One of those promises was to limit the size of government and to have the government serve the people - and not the other way around.
Scott Walker

Around, Promises, Serve

In Scotland, the indication is that for the Westminster elections at least, Labour voters are satisfied with their government.
Lucy Powell

Satisfied, Elections, Labour

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.
Scott Walker

Big, Union, Bosses

The choice between a Labour government and a Tory one is sharpening minds.
Lucy Powell

Between, Choice, Minds

These are tough times and under this Tory-led government many people in Manchester are suffering and getting left behind. If elected I will use all my energy, skills, experience and knowledge to stand up for our communities and get things done for the better.
Lucy Powell

Experience, Knowledge, Done

I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.
Scott Walker

Done, Play, Role

As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening.
Lucy Powell

Home, Away, Times

We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our reforms protect middle class taxpayers.
Scott Walker

Looking, Class, Middle

As the economy faces such difficulties, more tough questions need to be asked about what the Tories would do if elected. Their ideology of free markets and small government needs challenging. That has to be part of our job.
Lucy Powell

Job, Small, Free

More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way.
Scott Walker

Success, Job, America

It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS.
Lucy Powell

Political, Saying, Become

I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but they've been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs.
Scott Walker

Success, Control, Destiny

We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting out an agenda for government.
Lucy Powell

Difficult, Easy, Party

People create jobs, not the government.
Scott Walker

Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one.
Lucy Powell

Between, Choice, Election

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