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    Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as
    regards its own people, is the strongest government in the world
    at this hour? And for this simple reason, that it is based on
    the will, and the good will, of an instructed people.

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Government is not the doctor. It is the disease.

Government is not the doctor. It is the disease.

by H. S. Ferns Found in: Government Quotes,
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It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Government Quotes,
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A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.

A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.

by Barry Goldwater Found in: Government Quotes,
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My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.

My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.

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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

by William Penn Found in: Government Quotes,
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So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga read more

So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius
inflexum sit.]

by Francis Bacon Found in: Government Quotes,
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The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people read more

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.

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A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has read more

A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

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I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the read more

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the industrious.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Government Quotes,
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