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"It is like we are obliged to assume that the government is only doing what it says it is doing."
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"The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative."
"What I want to do is create more taxpayers, not more taxes."
"I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything."
"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."
"A world technology means either a world government or world suicide."
"Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent."
"The United States is not for democracy in Iraq, it's for setting up a puppet government."
"In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government."
"A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person."
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"Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people."
"It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had."
"How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize the U.S, President?"
"Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends."
"I was amazed at how easy it was for the Clinton Administration to basically cover what they did at Waco in the fog of lies and avoid any responsibility for it."
"The more expansive government is, the more perils people face in daily lives, be it from IRS agents or from child support services, or from other agencies that often have little or no legal restraints on their power."
"If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief."
"As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board."
"Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission."
"This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal."
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