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"Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out."
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"I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything."
"A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person."
"Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle."
"An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."
"The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power."
"Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom."
"Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with their ears assailed by the sound of snails whizzing by."
"So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future."
"The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God."
"I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that the government that we have today is not what the people want as a government."
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"I don't want to remember 2005 as a year that the government heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor and middle class and giving to the rich, while increasing the deficit, is hardly responsible."
"The reality is that we have missed a lot of opportunities in Iraq because of a failed policy."
"Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier."
"Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture."
"We need a tougher enforcement program and, most importantly, we need to fix the badly broken ethics system."
"First of all, I'm in favor of making price gouging a crime, and in fact, one the reasons I didn't vote for the Republican House version was because there were too many breaks for the oil companies."
"Recently, lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry wrote a prescription drug bill that increased their profits and did nothing to help seniors. The result: seniors are stuck with a confusing prescription drug plan that does little to help them with their costs."
"As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue their work."
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