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" Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it. "

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" In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. "

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" Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech. "

" The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. "

" No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal. "

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" The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good or for ill, it sets the tone for the other branches and spurs the expectations of the people. "

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" Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government. "

" We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens. "

" Change is not in the hands of government, not in the hands of a leader or guru, and not in the hands of the powerful or wealthy. It is in our hands: the hands of each and every one of us. "

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" If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'? "

" As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending. "

" Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men. "

" Government should take care of those in America who can't care for themselves. That's a role of government. "

" A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves. "

" I am like a man so busy in letting rooms in one end of his house, that he can't stop to put out the fire that is burning the other. "

" If you want to believe that the government's coming for our guns or that being gay is a choice and a sin or that ObamaCare signals the end of civilization or that cutting taxes for rich people is the path to a better America, that's your choice. I'm never going to believe in any of that. "

" To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat. "

" The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return. "

" I hate the unfairness of injustice. Anybody who thinks they are better than others or 'chosen' or feel they have an entitlement... be it through monarchy, government or money. I think we are all born the same. We are entitled to an equal shot at life. "

" Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government. "

" What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people. January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Everyone is listening to you now. "

" The government can't create jobs; they'll destroy jobs trying to do it. The government doesn't have any money; all they have is a printing press. We need to free markets to create jobs; if the government wants to help, they should reduce their burden on the economy. "

" We don't need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again. "

" Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events. "

" We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo. "

" I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated. "

" I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections. "

" Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all. "

" We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us. "

" No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor. "

" I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship. "

Bharati Mukherjee

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