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    In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk. Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.

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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.

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Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Government Quotes,
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States are great engines moving slowly.

States are great engines moving slowly.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Government Quotes,
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Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults read more

Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.

by Richard Lamm Found in: Government Quotes,
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Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta.
[Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna
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Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta.
[Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna
charta.]

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Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but
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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.

by John Quincy Adams Found in: Government Quotes,
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I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.

I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.

by John Bright Found in: Government Quotes,
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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.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Government Quotes,
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Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

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