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If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor read more
If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our read more
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. read more
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count read more
We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.
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.
Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.
Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.
