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 The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made 
by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, read more 
 The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made 
by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an 
insult. 
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
England is the mother of parliaments.
England is the mother of parliaments.
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought read more
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
 Yet if thou didst but know how little wit governs this mighty 
universe.  
 Yet if thou didst but know how little wit governs this mighty 
universe. 
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
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 worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics read more
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.