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"Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated."

"Who is an elected government in a constitutional democracy to decide it will not tolerate dissent."

"We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it."

"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."

"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

"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."

"The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression."

"There shall be no end to the government of God."

"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."

"Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves."
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"Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded."

"Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources."

"The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing."

"Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity."
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