Quote by William Godwin
Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurp

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind. – William Godwin

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Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius… he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much. – William Godwin

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There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness. – William Godwin

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Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos. – Donald Rumsfeld

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If I had been under ObamaCare, and a beaurocrat had been trying to tell me when I could get that CT scan, that would have delayed my treatment. I was able to get the treatment as fast as I could based upon my timetable, and not the governments timetable. Thats what saved my life. – Herman Cain

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People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that cant live within its income. – Robert Half

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In a very weak economy, when you say cut government spending, what you mean is youre laying off school teachers and youre de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and dont pay taxes. – Fareed Zakaria

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Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad. – Christina G. Rossetti

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If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair. – C. S. Lewis

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