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"An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."
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"On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does."
"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."
"Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government."
"This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually yet surely, to that state which must entail inevitable destruction on the existing Government of the country."
"But as important as the job to be done by government in the neighborhoods, the people must also be involved."
"The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems."
"The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie."
"Congress needs strong parties, but it also needs the capacity to deal with budget and entitlement challenges that are likely beyond the reach of pure partisan exertion."
"I have also come to understand Congress' need for a bipartisan as well as a partisan capacity."
"These guys were the real owners of the country, and for them to discuss with this young guy who becomes a member of the government was absolutely unacceptable."
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"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason."
"Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same."
"Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life."
"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."
"The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year."
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."
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