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The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be

The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. – James Madison

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A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. – James Madison

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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. – James Madison

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If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state? – Tony Campolo

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The Internet didnt get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. – Barack Obama

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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government. – Barry Goldwater

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Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us. – P. J. ORourke

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True happiness is… to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a striking absurdity in committing billions to reach the moon where no people live, while only a fraction of that amount is appropriated to service the densely populated slums. – Martin Luther King,Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967

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Law is not justice and a trial is not a scientific inquiry into truth. A trial is the resolution of a dispute. – Edison Haines

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There are only two ways of getting on in the world: by ones own industry, or by the stupidity of others. – Jean De La Bruyere

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