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    Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
    or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is
    contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds
    contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto
    himself; it invites anarchy.

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I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.

by William H Mauldin Found in: Law Quotes,
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It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a
government without a king.

It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a
government without a king.

by George Bancroft Found in: Government Quotes,
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So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Government Quotes,
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And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him
will I give power over the read more

And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him
will I give power over the nations:
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a
potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my
Father.

by Bible Found in: Government Quotes,
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Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. read more

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

by George Washington Found in: Government Quotes,
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Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may
blunder or plunder.

Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may
blunder or plunder.

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Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, read more

Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, nor a reason, nor a power, nor a coercive force. It is nothing but a general formula, a statistical table.

by Florence Nightingale Found in: Law Quotes,
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We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count read more

We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.

by Dave Barry Found in: Government Quotes,
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One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, read more

One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught, and the great brake through."

by Francis Bacon Found in: Law Quotes,
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