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James Callaghan

"The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day."

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"The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day."

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"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."

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"Having said that, I believe we must not compound the natural disaster of Katrina by creating a fiscal disaster in Congress - it is our duty to ensure that we reign in other government spending in any event, and especially in this time of national emergency."

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"I believe the only measure of government response shouldn't be how much we spend on a situation, but rather how well we spend."

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"All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter."

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"Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown."

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"Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise system and are unsupportive of big government."

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"Every country has the government it deserves."

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"If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it."

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"I don't know if I can live on my income or not - the government won't let me try it."

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"Well it's not a matter for me to say what Llew Smith can or cannot do, he's an elected Member of Parliament."

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