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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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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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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man. – John Adams

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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children. – John Adams

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Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. – Voltaire

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Lets just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it. – Nancy Pelosi

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Im not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government, but not to the point of being a libertarian. – Rupert Murdoch

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There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is Gods finger on mans shoulder. – Charles Morgan

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She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence. – Sri Aurobindo

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It is an enduring truth, which can never be altered, that every infraction of the Law of nature must carry its punitive consequences with it. We can never get beyond that range of cause and effect. – Thomas Troward

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And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guys sleeping? Im working. – Will Smith

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