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The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
– Ronald Reagan

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
– P.J. O’Rourke

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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
– Thomas Carlyle

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If men be good, government cannot be bad.
– William Penn

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… the keynote of government is injustice.

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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

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Never depend upon institutions or government to solve any problem. All social movements are founded by, guided by, motivated and seen through by the passion of individuals.
– Margaret Mead

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Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
– Harry S. Truman

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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
– Ambrose Bierce

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That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
– Thomas Jefferson

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A good government had to guide its people, sometimes gently, sometimes strictly, just as parents did. It could allow certain freedoms, but in a style that suited the country.
– Amy Tan

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Capitalism is not an ideal solution because it would, in theory, legally allow a single person or organization to eventually buy out everybody else living on earth. The whole globe having thus become private property, the telltale sign of capitalism, ‘no trespassing’ would arise on every spot on earth.
– Boghos L. Artinian

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I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments.
– John Steinbeck

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My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
– Thomas Jefferson

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We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels-local, State and Federal-in ending the pollution of our waters.
– Robert F. Kennedy,

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Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.
– Stephen Hawking

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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
– Charles De Gaulle

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I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State.
– Sophocles

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The problem is not that the people are taxed too little. The problem is that government spends too much.
– Ronald Reagan

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Fascism is when corporations become the government.
– Bill Maher

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