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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.
 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. 
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should read more
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.
 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. 
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.
 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. 
Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of read more
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men.
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.