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A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.
A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.
Bush Sr. was a jerk, Quayle an idiot, Clinton was atrocious and disgusting, most of those who persecuted him were read more
Bush Sr. was a jerk, Quayle an idiot, Clinton was atrocious and disgusting, most of those who persecuted him were hypocritical, Gore is shallow and weak, Bradley is an idealist, Bush Jr. a fool, and all of the independent candidates act like they're on drugs.
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.
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
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
 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. 
You have the God-given right to kick the government around--don't hesitate to do so.
You have the God-given right to kick the government around--don't hesitate to do so.
Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one read more
Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.