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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes.
Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes.
Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
States are great engines moving slowly.
States are great engines moving slowly.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
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.
A camel is a horse designed by committee.
A camel is a horse designed by committee.
England is the mother of parliaments.
England is the mother of parliaments.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought read more
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
