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"Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government."
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"Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated."
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"We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it."
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"If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep."
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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."
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"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."
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"There shall be no end to the government of God."
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"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
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"Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves."
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"The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly."
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"The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves."
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"I am not interested in splitting the white vote."
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"I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped."
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"Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government."
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"Business as usual will not be accepted by any part of this city."
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"Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals."
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"Our concern is to heal. Our concern is to bring together."
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"That fallacy flies in the face of studies that show, every day, in every way, things are getting a little worse for America's minorities relative to the progress made by those in the top percentiles of assets and income."
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"Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place."
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"The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn't work."
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"What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government."
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