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"There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises."
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"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."
"All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter."
"Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are not stupid enough to abandon representative government for any other kind, including government by the guy who knows."
"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."
"The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community."
"We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government."
"No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion."
"Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government."
"Additionally, borrowing a page from U.S. foreign policy, I decided to send a message to a government that was becoming increasingly hostile."
"Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example."
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"I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons mood or character."
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"The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about."
"Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what the readers or letters may say."
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