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Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
England is the mother of parliaments.
England is the mother of parliaments.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work read more
I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.
 Oh, we are weary pilgrims; to this wilderness we bring
 A Church without a bishop, a State without a read more 
 Oh, we are weary pilgrims; to this wilderness we bring
 A Church without a bishop, a State without a King. 
The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.
The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.
 Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but 
where men are who know how read more 
 Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but 
where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are 
cities and walls. 
He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich that they in turn may care for read more
He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich that they in turn may care for the laboring poor.
Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.
Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.