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Quote by Albert Camus
By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more. – Albert Camus

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Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions. – Albert Camus

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Hope
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Albert Camus
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More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure. – Albert Camus

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Individuality
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Albert Camus
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For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. – Marco Rubio

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Government

I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to protect the secrecy and the privacy of all individuals, not the secrecy of government. We dont need a national ID card. – Ron Paul

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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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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesnt work and then they get elected and prove it. – P. J. ORourke

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Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. – John Milton

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Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not. – Raoul Vaneigem

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People still dont appreciate how ephemeral success is. – Nate Silver

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Please write again soon. Though my own life is filled with activity, letters encourage momentary escape into others lives and I come back to my own with greater contentment. – Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

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Letters (writing)