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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.
Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as
regards its own people, is the strongest government read more
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.
Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees.
Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees.
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for read more
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
Every country has the government it deserves.
Every country has the government it deserves.
In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the read more
In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk. Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.
Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using read more
Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification