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    Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else.

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There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you

by Will Rogers Found in: Government Quotes,
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It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

by Voltaire 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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Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in read more

Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

by Adlai E. Stevenson Found in: Government Quotes,
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Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.

by Lyndon B. Johnson Found in: Government Quotes,
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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.

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States are great engines moving slowly.

States are great engines moving slowly.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Government Quotes,
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A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

by James Reston Found in: Government Quotes,
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Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far read more

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Government Quotes,
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