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Richard Cobden

"The problem to solve is, whether a single or a double government would be most advantageous; and, in considering that point, I am met by this difficulty - that I cannot see that the present form of government is a double government at all."

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"The problem to solve is, whether a single or a double government would be most advantageous; and, in considering that point, I am met by this difficulty - that I cannot see that the present form of government is a double government at all."

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"We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels."

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"Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished."

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"It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong."

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"The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative."

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"All government, of course, is against liberty."

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"The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity."

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"The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack."

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"What I want to do is create more taxpayers, not more taxes."

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"The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals."

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"I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything."

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"In Holland, they have come to precisely the same conclusion. There they have adopted a system of secular education, because they have found it impracticable to unite the religious bodies in any system of combined religious instruction."
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"But it is my happiness to be half Welsh, and that the better half."
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"Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out."
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"The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices."
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"At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword."
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"For the progress of scientific knowledge will lead to a constant increase of expenditure."
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"I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides."
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"This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all."
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"You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like, but do not think you can keep up the Mahommedan rule in the country."
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"From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war."
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