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Censor, n. An officer of certain governments, employed to supress the works of genius. Among the Romans the censor was an inspector of public morals, but the public morals of modern nations will not bear inspection.

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If we have the kinds of confirmation that we need, we will once again work with the international community and the organization charged with monitoring compliance by the Syrian government, and we will reach out to patrons of Assad like Russia to put a stop to it.

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What we should be asking is not whether we need a big government or small government, but how we can create a smarter and better government.

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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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Making change tolerable is one of the duties of Government.

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The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation are, — 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and 3. Hope to all.

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English experience indicates that when the two great political parties agree about something it is generally wrong.

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States, as great engines, move slowly.

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Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.

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Health care has become a proxy for a broader set of issues about how much government should be involved in our economy, particularly coming off a huge economic crisis.

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The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.

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The antidote to this abuse of formal Government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.

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Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

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Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles. Government is too serious a matter to admit of meaningless courtesies.

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I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going.

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Ours is a government of liberty by, through, and under the law. A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.

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Democracy is a very admirable form of government - for dogs

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If any individual who objects to government policy can take it in their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we will never be able to keep our people safe or conduct foreign policy.

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To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers.

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Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

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