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 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.] 
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.
The American wage earner and the American housewife are a lot better economists than most economists care to admit. They read more
The American wage earner and the American housewife are a lot better economists than most economists care to admit. They know that a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and read more
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a read more
Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness.
 The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made 
by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, read more 
 The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made 
by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an 
insult. 
The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.
The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves