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    So then because some towns in England are not represented,
    America is to have no representative at all. They are "our
    children"; but when children ask for bread we are not to give a
    stone.

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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.

by Edmund Muske Found in: Government Quotes,
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.

by Lord Acton Found in: Government Quotes,
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The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.

The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.

by Ronald Reagan Found in: Government Quotes,
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Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by read more

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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The true art of government consists in not governing too much.

The true art of government consists in not governing too much.

by Jonathan Shipley Found in: Government Quotes,
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Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.

Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.

by Gerhard Kocher Found in: Government Quotes,
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It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

by Tom Stoppard Found in: Government Quotes,
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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.

by John Quincy Adams Found in: Government Quotes,
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I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the read more

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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