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Aristocracy: government by the badly educated.

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The corporation that shrinks from the light" would have anything to fear from government. About the welfare of such corporations we need not be oversensitive.

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They want the federal government controlling the Social Security, like it's some kind of federal program.

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it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the people.

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It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.

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So where it is a general rule that it is wrong to gratify lovers, this can be attributed to the defects of those who make that rule: the government's lust for rule and the subjects' cowardice.

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The primary object of non-co-operation is nowhere stated to be paralysis of the Government. The primary object is self-purification.

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A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.

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What luck, for governments, that the people are stupid!

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My idea of government support was, you supply me with hospitals, schools and the environment to do well and that will do me fine. But do not poke your nose in my business.

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The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.

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So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.

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I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

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Freedom, by its nature, must be chosen, and defended by citizens, and sustained by the rule of law and the protection of minorities. And when the soul of a nation finally speaks, the institutions that arise may reflect customs and traditions very different from our own. America will not impose our own style of government on the unwilling. Our goal instead is to help others find their own voice, attain their own freedom, and make their own way.

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The trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources, and hence facilitate some [wealth] redistribution, because I actually believe in redistribution, at least at a certain level, to make sure that everybody's got a shot.

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