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    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.

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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.

by Will Rogers Found in: Government Quotes,
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The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.

The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.

by John Caldwell 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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Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

by Harry S. Truman Found in: Government Quotes,
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A government of laws, and not of men.

A government of laws, and not of men.

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The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.

by Daniel P. Moynihan Found in: Government Quotes,
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"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.

by Richard Bentley Found in: Government Quotes,
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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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That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

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