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"You win minds through your brilliance. You win hearts through your tenderness. You win souls through your benevolence."

"Spend your time with the people who talk about the stars because to whichever place you put your mind in, you will move to that place! Stars pull you to the stars; mud pulls you to the mud!"

"What you do teaches faster, and has a lasting impression, far beyond what you say."

"He who illumines one has begun illumining the world."

"When the wind likes a path, the weeds around that path will tremble all day long!"

"To get fruits from the tree branches, shake them with hands; to get fruits from men, shake them with clever ideas!"

"If you submit to your gift, you will become known and influential."
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"The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people."

"If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government."

"People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests."

"There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency."

"Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about the Bill of Rights most of the time."

"It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights."

"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."

"It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government."

"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."

"There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it is far better than a one-man rule situation."
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