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"We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels."

"It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong."

"The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative."

"What I want to do is create more taxpayers, not more taxes."

"I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything."

"The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld."

"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."

"A world technology means either a world government or world suicide."

"Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent."
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"The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals."

"Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point."

"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."

"The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies."

"The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified."

"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped."

"People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?"

"Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel."

"I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television."
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