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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.
My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on
My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics read more
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
 Nothing's more dull and negligent
 Than an old, lazy government,
  That knows no interest of state,
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 Nothing's more dull and negligent
 Than an old, lazy government,
  That knows no interest of state,
   But such as serves a present strait. 
 So then because some towns in England are not represented, 
America is to have no representative at all. They read more 
 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. 
 "Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as 
anything comes across him in the read more 
 "Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as 
anything comes across him in the shape of a law which he happens 
not to like. 
You can't run a government solely on a business basis ... Government should be human. It should have a heart.
You can't run a government solely on a business basis ... Government should be human. It should have a heart.
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.