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

"There shall be no end to the government of God."

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

"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."

"The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government."

"The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security."

"There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion."

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

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

"There are no doubts that western governments are willfully inducing radiation sickness into segments of their city populations."
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"Under socialism all will govern in turn and will soon become accustomed to no one governing."

"When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the "freedom of the press" goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism."

"Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin."

"To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics."

"There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel."

"A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution."

"The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness."
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