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"There is no reason to have problems between country and country, between government and government, when there is a separation of powers."
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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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"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."
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