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"I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government."
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"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."
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"There shall be no end to the government of God."
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"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
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"The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly."
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"The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government."
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"The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security."
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"There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion."
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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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"Government is a ruling structured thuggery."
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"It was a bad idea, because I think that any government reorganization has to come in relatively small bites, or else you get indigestion."
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"We are Englishmen; that is one good fact."
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"Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry."
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"Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry."
Trust
"I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government."
Government
"I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else."
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"I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken."
Christian
"The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies."
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"Nature can do more than physicians."
Nature
"What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted."
God
"Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged."
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