"To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained."

Government, Happiness, Wisdom, Duty

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"To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained."

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"TO fear God, is one of the first and greatest Duties of his rational Creatures."

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"A Failure in this Duty did once involve our Nation in all the Horrors of Rebellion and Civil War."

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"THIS Duty implies that we should affectionately interest ourselves in whatever concerns the Honour, the Fame and Security of our Sovereign and his Government."

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"LET us honour the King by cherishing respectful Sentiments concerning him; speaking of him with Affection, with Esteem and Reverence; and by promoting a like Spirit and Conduct in others."

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"If notwithstanding, a Rebellion of the same Kind now afflicts this Country, we should not infer that this Institution is useless, or should be laid aside; but just the Reverse."

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"That some Forms of Government are preferable to others, cannot be doubted; yet neither our Saviour, nor his Apostles have decided where that Preference is due."

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"IT may be proper to observe further, that this Duty is not confined to those who live under any one particular Form of Government: It extends to the Subjects of all regular States, lawfully established."

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"All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate."

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"A State infinitely worse than that which the most inflamed Zealot, the most violent Republican or Enthusiast even pretended to dread before the Rebellion commenced."

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"It is the Band which unites the Interests of Individuals; it secures to them their respective Rights, and preserves them from Injuries; it is the Source of numberless Blessings, which are interrupted, or wholly vanish, the Moment it is disturbed."

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

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

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

Voltaire, French Writer

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"There are no doubts that western governments are willfully inducing radiation sickness into segments of their city populations."

Steven Magee, British Author

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

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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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."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

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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."

Barack Obama, American President

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"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

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