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    I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the democratic government is at least as bad as any of the other forms

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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.

by Grover Cleveland Found in: Government Quotes,
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The primary function of the government is - and here I am quoting directly from the U.S. Constitution - "to read more

The primary function of the government is - and here I am quoting directly from the U.S. Constitution - "to spew out paper."

by Dave Barry Found in: Government Quotes,
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A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious read more

A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and contemptible in the latter.

by George Greenville Found in: Government Quotes,
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Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive read more

Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.

by Mark Twain Found in: Government Quotes,
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Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

by Cullen Hightower Found in: Government Quotes,
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Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

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Every country has the government it deserves.

Every country has the government it deserves.

by Joseph De Maistre Found in: Government Quotes,
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Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

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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.

by John Quincy Adams Found in: Government Quotes,
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