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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
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
 So then because some towns in England are not represented, 
America is to have no representative at all. They read more 
 So then because some towns in England are not represented, 
America is to have no representative at all. They are "our 
children"; but when children ask for bread we are not to give a 
stone. 
Every country has the government it deserves.
Every country has the government it deserves.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him 
will I give power over the read more 
 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him 
will I give power over the nations:
 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a 
potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my 
Father. 
 Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as 
regards its own people, is the strongest government read more 
 Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as 
regards its own people, is the strongest government in the world 
at this hour? And for this simple reason, that it is based on 
the will, and the good will, of an instructed people.