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"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."
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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."
"No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision."
"Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles."
"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."
"The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop."
"Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us."
"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
"In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population."
"On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does."
"Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated."
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"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
"Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people."
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"Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it."
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
"All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse."
"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."
"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."
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