Divided Government Quotes

• Una casa dividida contra sí misma no puede permanecer". Creo que este gobierno no puede perdurar, permanentemente mitad esclavo y mitad libre. No espero que la Unión se disuelva, no espero que la casa caiga, pero sí espero que deje de estar dividida. Se convertirá todo en una cosa o todo en la otra.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Creer, Caída, Gobierno

  Discurso en la convención estatal republicana que le propuso como candidato a senador de EE.UU., Springfield, Illinois, 16 de junio de 1858.

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• ¿Qué país puede preservar sus libertades si sus gobernantes no son advertidos de vez en cuando de que su pueblo conserva el espíritu de resistencia? Que tomen las armas.

  Thomas Jefferson

  País, Libertad, Arma

  Carta a William Stephens Smith, 13 nov. 1787

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• El espíritu de resistencia al gobierno es tan valioso en ciertas ocasiones que deseo que se mantenga siempre vivo.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Libertad, Guerra, Patriotismo

  Thomas Jefferson (2010). "Las obras de Thomas Jefferson: Correspondencia 1786-1787", p.263, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Un despotismo electivo no era el gobierno por el que luchábamos, sino uno que no sólo debía estar fundado en verdaderos principios de libertad, sino en el que los poderes del gobierno debían estar divididos y equilibrados de tal manera entre los cuerpos generales de la magistratura, que ninguno pudiera trascender sus límites legales sin ser eficazmente controlado y restringido por los demás.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Gobierno, Libertad, Principios

  "Notas sobre el Estado de Virginia". Libro de Thomas Jefferson, Consulta XIII, 1781.

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• Creo que este Gobierno no puede aguantar, permanentemente medio esclavo y medio libre.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Believe, Patriotic, Government

  Discurso en la convención estatal republicana que le propuso como candidato a senador de EE.UU., Springfield, Illinois, 16 de junio de 1858.

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• Basta con reflexionar sobre el hecho de que una de las mejores maneras de ganarse una reputación de ciudadano peligroso hoy en día es ir repitiendo las mismas frases que nuestros padres fundadores utilizaron en la lucha por la independencia.

  Charles A. Beard

  Vida, Padre, Lucha

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• La experiencia nos enseña a estar más en guardia para proteger la libertad cuando los propósitos del gobierno son benéficos.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Tribunales, Gobierno, Partido Libertario

  Olmstead contra Estados Unidos (opinión disidente) (1928)

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• Los mayores peligros para la libertad acechan en la insidiosa intromisión de hombres de celo, bienintencionados pero sin comprensión.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Paz, Libertad, Guerra

  Olmstead contra Estados Unidos (opinión disidente) (1928)

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• Antes de que pueda gobernar un ejército permanente, hay que desarmar al pueblo, como se hace en casi todos los países de Europa.

  Noah Webster

  País, Ejército, Arma

  Noah Webster (1787). "An Examination Into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention Held at Philadelphia: With Answers to the Principal Objections that Have Been Raised Against the System", p.43

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• Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in American political tradition is the man who stands up to the mob - not the mob itself.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Country, Hero, Men

  "Do Liberals Live Under A 'Tyranny Of Cliches'?". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. May 2, 2012.

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• Every time a Republican wins the White House, whenever Republicans win control of Congress, the Drive-Bys always claim that the message is voters want a balanced and divided government.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Winning, White, Government

  Fuente: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The excuse of divided government is over: they have the House and the Senate as well; they have the state legislatures; they have a majority of the governors. And that's exciting. But for me, I think the lesson also is all the opportunities out there for women, increasingly in politics and media and public policy and government affairs - all the things we do here in Washington - that we still have to make choices, there are limits.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Opportunity, Thinking, Government

  Fuente: www.politico.com

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• I don't think that split government is a good idea. Conventional wisdom in Washington for years has been that divided government is good because of a check and a balance. What I believe happens all too often, regardless of which party is there's gridlock. And I think the better argument is give one party a chance, give them a chance with a House and a Senate and a president. Give them a few years to see what they can do. And if you don't like it, put another party in.

  Scott Walker

  Believe, Party, Thinking

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• Having served as the majority spokesman for the House Ways and Means Committee after Republicans took the House in 1994, I've seen the promise and the peril of divided government before.

  Ari Fleischer

  Mean, Government, House

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• The trouble with the theory [of limited and divided government] is that government is not a machine, but a living thing. This is where the living and breathing constitution comes from. It is modified by its environment, necessitated by its tasks, shaped to its functions by the sheer pressure of life.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Government, Breathing, Tasks

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• President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.

  Jim Cooper

  Government, President, Able

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• We need to develop and disseminate an entirely new paradigm and practice of collaboration that supersedes the traditional silos that have divided governments, philanthropies and private enterprises for decades and replace it with networks of partnerships working together to create a globally prosperous society.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Government, Practice, Working Together

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• Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government.

  Eliot Spitzer

  Government, Accomplishment, Reform

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