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.
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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.
A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read read more
A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.
Franklin Roosevelt stands like a sharply formed rock in a shapeless sea.
spoken on Book TV by a Jackson biographer.
Franklin Roosevelt stands like a sharply formed rock in a shapeless sea.
spoken on Book TV by a Jackson biographer.
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using read more
Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification
A goverment that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
A goverment that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should read more
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.
The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.
The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.
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.
