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"Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly."
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"I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion."
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"No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government."
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"Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule."
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"I will continue to advocate for a strong federal government role to establish the production, storage and distribution networks needed to support a hydrogen economy."
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"The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice."
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"It was not my intention whatsoever for the Japanese government to try to get me out of trouble. And I really appreciate the Japanese government for all they have done for me."
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"If government were a product, selling it would be illegal."
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"The USA government states that the New Mexico Trinity nuclear bomb site is still highly radioactive and 'harmless'. It is interesting to note in the era of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) that it is USA government policy that radio frequency (RF) and electricity are also 'harmless'."
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"Government is a ruling structured thuggery."
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"Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay."
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"We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws."
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"They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government."
Government
"We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public."
Time
"That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness."
Truth
"Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty."
Government
"Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly."
Government
"The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential for their own welfare or for the general good."
Balance
"Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events."
Friendship
"The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect."
Constitution
"Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since the peace."
Peace
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