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

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My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. – John Adams

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I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy…. – John Adams

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No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges. – Buenaventura Durruti

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Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government. – Rick Perry

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Ohio claims they are due a president as they havent had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln. – Will Rogers

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Government is dysfunctional. – Michael Bloomberg

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Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist. – Steven Seagal

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By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive. – Albert Schweitzer

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The church is the great lost and found department. – Robert Short

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My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or Citizen Kane or some classic old movies. And every summer the revival house in Evanston would show the great films from the 50s and 60s and 70s. – John Cusack

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