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I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our read more
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
 Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but 
where men are who know how read more 
 Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but 
where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are 
cities and walls. 
You can't run a government solely on a business basis ... Government should be human. It should have a heart.
You can't run a government solely on a business basis ... Government should be human. It should have a heart.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them read more
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally read more
In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich that they in turn may care for read more
He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich that they in turn may care for the laboring poor.
 Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was ever 
debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor read more 
 Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was ever 
debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, 
decided among men. A resolution was passed without one 
dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right 
ought to be, free and independent States. 
Government is not the doctor. It is the disease.
Government is not the doctor. It is the disease.
 Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta.
 [Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna 
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 Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta.
 [Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna 
charta.]