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"The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion."
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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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"Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed."
Persistence
"The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion."
Government
"Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet."
Life
"Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death; they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten."
Life
"Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development."
Life
"Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training."
Life
"The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does."
Science
"The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to our culture."
Cultural
"A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life."
Life
"Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends."
Friendship
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