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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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The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. – James Madison

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But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist. – Lysander Spooner

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Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. – Ronald Reagan

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