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"But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right."
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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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"When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives."
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"Government is a ruling structured thuggery."
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"Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them."
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"Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered."
Policy
"This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation."
Nation
"For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas."
People
"We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option."
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"The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world."
Politics
"So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia."
Attention
"Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people."
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"One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience."
People
"But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right."
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