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Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its read more
Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
. . . The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to
determine whether a republican government read more
. . . The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to
determine whether a republican government is practicable in a
nation or not.
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was ever
debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor read more
Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was ever
debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be,
decided among men. A resolution was passed without one
dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right
ought to be, free and independent States.
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.
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.
Truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
Truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.
Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.
