"The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only."

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"The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only."

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"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."

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"Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us."

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"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."

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"There shall be no end to the government of God."

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"I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money."

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"For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Writer

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"One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue."

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"No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision."

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"How much more reasonable is it to say with the sage Plato, that the perfect happiness of a state consists in the subjects obeying their prince, the prince obeying the laws, and the laws being equitable and always directed to the good of the public?"

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"There is no longer time for statements like "if only" or "we can't." We must and we will succeed. The only question now is how and when. I believe the time is now."

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"Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated."

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"In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future."

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"I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don't waste anytime thinking about future elections until we've done our jobs here."

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"Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education."

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"Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed."

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"For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together."

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