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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.
A government of laws, and not of men.
A government of laws, and not of men.
A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.
A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.
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.
A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious read more
A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and contemptible in the latter.
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for read more
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by read more
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is
contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds
contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto
himself; it invites anarchy.
