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"Good schools, good jobs, good government. These are not unreasonable demands. But sadly, some of our people have already lost heart and have left Hawaii to look for these things elsewhere."
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"I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything."
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"Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle."
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"Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom."
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"I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office."
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"The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written."
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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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"I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses."
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"A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it."
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"Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor."
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"There shall be no end to the government of God."
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"Good schools, good jobs, good government. These are not unreasonable demands. But sadly, some of our people have already lost heart and have left Hawaii to look for these things elsewhere."
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"I truly believe the brightest days lie ahead for the Great State of Hawaii."
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"I'm not an education expert, and frankly I don't want to make education decisions for our state. But I am experienced at successfully managing organizations, and putting people on a path where they can succeed."
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"Politicians all too often think about the next election. Statesmen think about the next generation."
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"But before looking to the future, let's glance back at the road we've traveled these past two years because that is the source of much of the optimism we are all feeling about the future."
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"Throughout my political career, I've believed in the concept of home rule. Some call it local control. Whichever phrase you use, the concept is the same - the best decisions are those made closest to those who will be impacted by the decisions."
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