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" Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. "

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" A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. "

" The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private sector, still strive to work in the same direction; this is why the Thai nation still stands. "

Bhumibol Adulyadej

" The American world had - seemingly, at least - become a Jeffersonian world by the election of 1800, which placed Thomas Jefferson in the presidency. Jefferson had been Hamilton's rival in the new government's early years, and Hamilton has figured in the public memory almost as much for that rivalry as for his positive achievements. "

" Socialism requires that government becomes your god. "

" That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one. "

Abraham Lincoln

" Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it. "

Cullen Hightower

" We can only imagine what would happen to our health care and to the quality of our health care here in North Dakota if we took the federal government out of health care. "

" Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out? "

Mitch McConnell

" The definition of an extreme authoritarian is one who is willing blindly to assume that government accusations are true without any evidence presented or opportunity to contest those accusations. "

Glenn Greenwald

" 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. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

" I like being a foreigner. For me, to live in California is very pleasant - I'm more comfortable not feeling a part of everything, not feeling responsible for the government or the roads or the health system. "

" Individual people shouldn't be fearful, because by and large our government, the federal government - people always talk; obviously, they don't trust the feds, whatever. The federal government and local communities have done a pretty good job at keeping us safe. "

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

Maynard James Keenan

" The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy. "

" The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land. "

" Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more. "

" The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. "

" In 2006, I entered the presidential palace in the main square of La Paz as the first indigenous president of Bolivia. Our government, under the slogan 'Bolivia Changes,' is committed to ending the colonialism, racism and exclusion that many of our people lived under for many centuries. "

" If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted. "

Abraham Lincoln

" Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay. "

Percy Bysshe Shelley

" We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out. "

" Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry. "

" Certainly in North Korea, man is always superior to woman. Even the government treats women horribly. What is the slogan? Woman is a flower. "

" I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.' "

" We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government. "

William Howard Taft

" I can't marry my way into citizenship like straight people can. I can get married in the state of New York where I live, but because of the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government, which hands out visas, won't recognize my marriage. "

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" I am almost inclined to say that India will get Dominion Responsible Government the day the Hindus and Muslims are united. "

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" All socialism involves slavery. "

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