Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible gover

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. – Theodore Roosevelt

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The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. – Theodore Roosevelt

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The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. – Theodore Roosevelt

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Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk we must act big. – Theodore Roosevelt

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Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations. – Jeff Goodell

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People know something has gone terribly wrong with our government and it has gotten so far off track. But people also know that there is nothing wrong in America that a good old-fashioned election cant fix. – Sarah Palin

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And I can tell you that history will back up what Im about to say and that is that there is no government run by conservatives, Republicans, put whoever you want there, if you give government the opportunity to spend more money than it has, it will do it. It will do it every time. – Marco Rubio

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My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid. – Quentin Tarantino

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Those who know how to think need no teachers. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined. – Mitt Romney

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We have art in order not to die of the truth. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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