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"As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government."
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"Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us."
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"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."
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"There shall be no end to the government of God."
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"For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones."
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"No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision."
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"The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power."
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"Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles."
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"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."
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"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."
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"The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop."
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"I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder."
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"We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory."
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"You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them."
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"I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive."
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"I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor."
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"I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent."
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"All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice."
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"Every actor wants to direct."
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"No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations."
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"By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul."
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