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Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. – David Hume

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Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge. – David Hume

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Knowledge
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David Hume
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When men are the most sure and arrogant they are commonly the most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation and suspense which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities. – David Hume

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Certainty
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A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow real poverty. – David Hume

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Let the people think they govern, and they will be governed. – William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693

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I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen. – Buffalo Bill

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The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy. – Milton Friedman

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It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. – Winston Churchill

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In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people. – Judy Garland

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Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. – Martin Luther

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Trust is a great force multiplier. – Tom Ridge

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