V, V for Vendetta (2006)
You may not be allowed to vote, Ma'am, but it is your government.
PORTRAIT ARTIST, The Queen (2006)
Indians! Indians were the issue in those days. I can assure you, gentlemen, there is nothing quite so grotesque as the meeting of a child with a bullet; or an entire village slaughtered while sleeping. That was the government's resolution of that particular issue and I have seen nothing in its behavior since then that would persuade me that it has gained either in wisdom, common sense, or humanity.
COLONEL WILLIAM LUDLOW, Legends of the Fall (1994)
The Founding Fathers didn't set up a government based on trust. They could have designed a government based on trust in our ability to govern fairly but they knew that power corrupts, so they invented checks and balances. That was genius. The Founding Fathers did not want me to trust you and they did not want you to trust me.
SENATOR ARNOLD VINICK, The West Wing, "In the Room" (2004)
We have the ability to affect more change in a day in the White House than we will have in a lifetime once we walk out these doors. What do you want to do with them?
LEO McGARRY, The West Wing, "365 Days" (2005)
I'm for all the good government we can afford...no more, no less.
SENATOR ARNOLD VINICK, The West Wing, "In God We Trust" (2005)
All of us, Democrats and Republicans, Independents, Liberals, Conservatives, we all want a government that we can believe in. We all want a government that doesn't make false promises, a government that doesn't overreach, doesn't take on more than it can handle; an efficient, effective, honest government. That's what the Founding Fathers created. That's what they wanted for us. Now the choice in this election comes down to this: do we want more government or do we want to get control of government? To govern is to choose and the choices are never easy.
SENATOR ARNOLD VINICK, The West Wing, "The Debate" (2005)
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