Famous quotes containing the words local and/or government:
“America is the worlds living myth. Theres no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is our function, to be character types, to embody recurring themes that people can use to comfort themselves, justify themselves and so on. Were here to accommodate. Whatever people need, we provide. A myth is a useful thing.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
“No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)