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21 " The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government and to protect its free expression should be our first object. "
22 " I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights. "
23 " How any government could promote the Vardy academies in the North-East of England is absolutely beyond me. Tony Blair defends them on grounds of diversity, but it should be unthinkable in the 21st century to have a school whose head of science believes the world is less than 10,000 years old. "
24 " The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. "
25 " The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. "
26 " The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead. "
27 " I have 120 people in my payroll without any government giving me any money. We live off the tickets and the records I sell. That is very unusual. "