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Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
A thousand years scarce serve to form a state;
An hour may lay it in the dust.
A thousand years scarce serve to form a state;
An hour may lay it in the dust.
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
Truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
Truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
A government of laws, and not of men.
A government of laws, and not of men.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.
Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.
