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"War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason."
War

"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."
Government

"Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad."
Home

"The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government."
Government

"In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority."
Danger

"Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes."
Reading

"What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?"
Learning

"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."
Enemy

"The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad."
Home

"The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science."
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"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."
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Personal Development

"I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy."
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Personal Development

"Any intervention, such as that of the German Reichsbank in the Spring of 1923, in which only a small part of the increasing note-expansion was recovered by the banks through the sale of foreign bills, would necessarily be unsuccessful. Led by the idea of opposing speculation, inflationistic governments have allowed themselves to become involved in measures whose meaning is hardly intelligible. Thus at one time the importation of notes, then their exportation, then again both their exportation and importation, have been prohibited. Exporters have been forbidden to sell for their own country's notes, importers to buy with them."
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"Why can't we, with a more intelligent policy, actually have houses that are affordable, built at higher densities than they are at the moment and built on brownfield sites."
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"We haven't had a good energy policy in this country for decades and we're trying to get one."
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"Even though I was concentrating on that two-week period from September 11th to September 20th, I was seeing the policy for real, happening, that we were talking about in the film."
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Personal Development

"All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian."
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"I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone."
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"In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence."
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"My hope is that we continue to do an even better job in terms of our nation's energy policy, so that we may even further reduce our reliance on foreign sources of oil and take better care of our environment in the process."
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