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"While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile."
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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."

"No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision."

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

"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."

"The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop."

"Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us."

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

"In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population."

"On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does."

"Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated."
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"No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight."

"Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."

"Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed."

"Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences."

"I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair."

"If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future."

"While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile."
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