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Confucius

"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."

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"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."

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"The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush."

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"The American people think the government in Washington is too big. That it spends too much. And - and that it's totally out of control. They want something done about it."

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"This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto public utilities, depriving people of choice, depriving people of options, raising people's prices, raising taxes when we need new jobs."

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"I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions."

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"Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme."

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Amber Hurdle

"I'm very confident that the solutions that we are developing are going to be effective not only in application in Iraq, but also will be very helpful for potential homeland security situations as well."

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Amber Hurdle

"Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require."

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

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Amber Hurdle

"A government of laws, and not of men."

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