"The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other."

Government, Mankind, Reason, World

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"The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other."

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"Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"Who is an elected government in a constitutional democracy to decide it will not tolerate dissent."

Christina Engela, South African Author

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"We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Government, Money

"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Government, Men, Christianity, Giving, Man

"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."

Barack Obama, American President

Government, Family, Tax, Income, Taxes

"The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Government, Fanatics, Oppression

"There shall be no end to the government of God."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Government, God, Eternal, Reign

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

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves."

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, German Poet

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"Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders."

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"Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them."

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"The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other."

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"The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything."

People, Books, Reason

"Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success."

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"Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits."

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"No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation."

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"Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated."

"Who is an elected government in a constitutional democracy to decide it will not tolerate dissent."

"We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it."

"If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep."

"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."

"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."

"The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression."

"There shall be no end to the government of God."

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

"Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves."

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"Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders."

"Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them."

"The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other."

"The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything."

"Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success."

"The real essence of work is concentrated energy."

"Honor sinks where commerce long prevails."

"It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations."

"Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits."

"No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation."