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Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

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All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
barter.

All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
barter.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Government Quotes,
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They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

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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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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.

by John Bright Found in: Government Quotes,
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. . . The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to
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. . . The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to
determine whether a republican government is practicable in a
nation or not.

by John Quincy Adams Found in: Government Quotes,
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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in read more

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible
struggle.

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"Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as
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"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.

by Richard Bentley Found in: Government Quotes,
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A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.

A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.

by Boris Yeltsin Found in: Government Quotes,
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