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The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries. – John Adams

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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. – John Adams

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Because power corrupts, societys demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. – John Adams

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power
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. – Jonathan Swift

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This administration in Washington thats in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but its the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area. – Rick Perry

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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress. – Benazir Bhutto

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Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. – Woodrow Wilson

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Fear is the mother of foresight. – Thomas Hardy

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The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none. – Andrew Jackson

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It has ever been since time began, and ever will be, till time lose breath, that love is a mood – no more – to man, and love to a woman is life or death. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many laws. – Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations

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