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Fear is the foundation of most government. - John Adams

Fear is the foundation of most government. – John Adams

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I read my eyes out and cant read half enough. The more one reads the more one sees we have to read. – John Adams

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Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. – John Adams

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I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government. – Oliver Cromwell

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The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment. – William Jennings Bryan

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Weve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are. – Jesse Jackson

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Lets stop big government energy mandates like cap-and-trade, and instead trust the American innovator to make us energy independent. – Marco Rubio

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I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me. – Dudley Field Malone

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Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical. – John Fowles

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Total absence of humor renders life impossible. – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Troubles are a lot like people — they grow bigger if you nurse them. – Author Unknown

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