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" Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. "

James Russell Lowell

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" How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it. "

Henry David Thoreau

" Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in American political tradition is the man who stands up to the mob - not the mob itself. "

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

" From the first moment of independence, the United States has been dedicated to innovation as a way of government and a way of life. "

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" Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub. "

Grover Norquist

" The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts. "

Victor Mitchell

" The right solemnly proclaimed at the birth of the States, and which has been affirmed and reaffirmed in the bills of rights of the States subsequently admitted into the Union of 1789, undeniably recognizes in the people the power to resume the authority delegated for the purposes of Government. "

Jefferson Davis

" And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together. "

" Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. "

Sydney J. Harris

" Tourism is a top priority activity for federal government, which is why it invests an average of over 2,500 million dollars a year in infrastructure works and integral projects that promote Mexico's culture and natural attractions. "

" A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes. "

James Russell Lowell

" The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God. "

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" If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government. "

Barry Goldwater

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

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" Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living. "

" You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them. "

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Michael Bloomberg

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