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Quote by Leo Tolstoy
Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us. – Leo Tolstoy

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All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. – Leo Tolstoy

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There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. – Leo Tolstoy

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Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six. – Leo Tolstoy

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Hello my name is the Republican Party and I got a problem. Im addicted to spending and big government. Id like one of them just to stand up and say that. – Glenn Beck

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I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. – H. L. Mencken

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Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men. – Gerald R. Ford

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If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals. – David Mamet

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