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All government is cruel; for nothing is so cruel as impunity.

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The State is the coldest of all cold monsters, and coldly it tells lies, and this lie drones on from its mouth: 'I, the State, am the people'.

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PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.

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A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.Most government is by the rich for the rich. Government comprises a large part of the organized injustice in any society, ancient or modern.Civil government, insofar as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, and for the defence of those who have property against those who have none.

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Obama said if elected his government would "harness technology to confront the biggest challenges that America faces".

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When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's benefit. Trust them; leave them alone.

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A right election can only be made by those who have knowledge.

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The government is us; WE are the government, you and I."- Theodore Roosevelt

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A delightful form of government, anarchic and motley, assigning a kind of equality indiscriminately to equals and unequals alike!

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And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.

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Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.

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To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these retain their facility when they are too large.

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Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time.

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

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Here in Europe some of the challenges have to do with structures that are so complicated. You've got Brussels, and you've got parliament, you've got councils and then you've got national governments. So people sometimes don't feel as if they know who's making decisions, and the more that we can bring people in and engage them, the better. Some of it is also cultural and social, people's sense of identity.

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

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Let's not let the government sell us out. Let's fight for net neutrality.

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Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.

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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.

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Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.

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