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" Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government. "

Thomas Jefferson

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" I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too. "

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" But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people. "

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" All socialism involves slavery. "

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" You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and is responsible for the country? You are. So if you break it, you own it. "

" The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment. "

" Republican liberty depends on citizen participation, on a government that is of, for, and by the people. "

" The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power. "

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" A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government. "

" As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you're screwed. "

" Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government. "

" Our elected officials would do well to remember that the most prosperous countries are those that allow consumers - not governments - to direct the use of resources. Allowing the government to pick winners and losers hurts almost everyone, especially our poorest citizens. "

" I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap. "

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" Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. "

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" Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. "

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" I hope to help the Indian government advance their economic reform agenda, which will benefit India's citizens and the world. "

" The Democrats have prevailed because, at heart, we have embodied a great idea, which is that an elected government can be the instrument of the common purpose of a free people; that government can embrace great causes and do great things. "

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" No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place. "

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" The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. "

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" I considered myself engaged in a war from Day One. And my objective was to force the federal government - the Kennedy administration at that time - into a position where they would have to use the United States military force to enforce my rights as a citizen. "

" If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost. "

" Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government. "

" The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people. "

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

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" The Erdogan government's first major step outside of the U.S. alliance was during the Bush Administration, when it wouldn't let Washington use Turkey as a launching ground for U.S. troops entering Iraq in 2003. "

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" I came to Congress on the promise of cutting wasteful government spending. There are plenty of examples of the government playing loose with taxpayer money, but none more so than how we spend our foreign aid dollars. "