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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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Old minds are like old horses you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. – John Adams

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Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. – 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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If you are working 50 hours a week in a factory, you dont have time to read 10 newspapers a day and go back to declassified government archives. But such people may have far-reaching insights into the way the world works. – Noam Chomsky

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Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts. – Chris Christie

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Government

The worst thing in the world next to anarchy, is government. – Henry Ward Beecher

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My politics are of a practical kind – the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all. – Winfield Scott Hancock

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Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason. – William R. Alger

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