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" The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. "
Voltaire
Best
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" We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. "
Ayn Rand
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" The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker. "
Voltaire
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" Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests. "
C. Wright Mills
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" Democracy is an abuse of statistics. "
Jorge Luis Borges
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" The best is the enemy of the good. "
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" All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion. "
Narendra Modi
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" The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year. "
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Year
" Voters did say 'repeal health care', they did say 'reduce the size of government.' But not a single one of them from the tea party or anywhere said 'give tax breaks to the wealthiest.' "
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" I believe that people who do not vote in this country have no right to complain about the government that we are now living under. By the same token, if you don't really vote in television, you're never going to have your way. Write a letter to the president of the network. "
Bill Bixby
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" A lot of people don't understand what feminism is. They think it is about advance and success for women, but it's not that at all. It is about power for the female left. And they have this, I think, ridiculous idea that American women are oppressed by the patriarchy and we need laws and government to solve our problems for us. "
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" Being a patriot doesn't mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries. "
Edward Snowden
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" Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it. "
Elon Musk
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" I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We're warriors. Soldiers. "
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" The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain that I am accepting this on behalf of all Argentinean women, and I can feel my hands tremble with joy as they grasp the laurel proclaiming victory. "
Evita Peron
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" My role at Lockheed Martin puts me in contact with extraordinary leaders in many fields - from science and engineering to philanthropy and government. And since we also work closely with our nation's armed forces, we tend to reflect a lot on leadership and how we can inspire successful teamwork, cooperation, and partnerships. "
Marillyn Hewson
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" The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice. "
Voltaire
Laws
Tyrant
Sovereign
" Anyone who's read my 'Terror in the Skies' series knows that I have not been writing with an eye toward approval from any government agency. "
Annie Jacobsen
Skies
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" The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act. "
Andrew Cuomo
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Right
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" All men are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God. "
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" Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. "
George Bernard Shaw
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" For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week. "
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" Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit the progress of national happiness annually, just as we monitor money and GDP. "
Polly Toynbee
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" Optimism is infectious, and opportunity irresistible. Progress follows progress. Someone, even government, just has to get it started. "
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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" War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. "
James Madison
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People
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" Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them. "
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Investing
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" 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
Opportunity
Evidence
Government
" It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. "
Andrew Jackson
Powerful
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Own
" A government is for the benefit of all the people. "
William Howard Taft
People
Benefit
Government
" 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. "
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