"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."

Government, Wisdom, People, Right

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"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."

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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."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

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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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"Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles."

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"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."

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"In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

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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."

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

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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

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"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."

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"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."

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"It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail."

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"You can't divorce religious belief and public service I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other."

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"Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries."

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"I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me."

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"People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head."

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"I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ."

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"My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception."

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"You just have to have a simple faith."

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"It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors."

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"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles."

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