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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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As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking. – William Godwin

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The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind. – William Godwin

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My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with what is to come or what has been. Of the present there is necessarily no image. – William Godwin

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No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will. – Thomas Jefferson

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Conventional wisdom on governments role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax government transfer payments have become less progressive. – Paul Ryan

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National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties. – Theresa May

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The truth is in California you cant build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy. – Carly Fiorina

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God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning. – Imamu Amiri Baraka

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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Women dont want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think – in a deeper voice. – Bill Cosby

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I do some of my best thinking while pulling weeds. – Martha Smith

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