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"The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles."
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"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."
"Having said that, I believe we must not compound the natural disaster of Katrina by creating a fiscal disaster in Congress - it is our duty to ensure that we reign in other government spending in any event, and especially in this time of national emergency."
"I believe the only measure of government response shouldn't be how much we spend on a situation, but rather how well we spend."
"All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter."
"Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown."
"Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise system and are unsupportive of big government."
"Every country has the government it deserves."
"Well it's not a matter for me to say what Llew Smith can or cannot do, he's an elected Member of Parliament."
"Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows."
"As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars."
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"There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice."
"I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there."
"I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise."
"Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?"
"As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war."
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