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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No one could give her such soothing and sensible consolation as this little three-month-old creature when he lay at her breast and she felt the movement of his lips and the snuffling of his tiny nose. – Leo Tolstoy

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How important the concept of God is, and how instead of valuing what has been given us, we with light hearts spurn it because of absurdities that have been attached to it. – Leo Tolstoy

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War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves. – Leo Tolstoy

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The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should not support the people. – Grover Cleveland

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When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home. – Rick Perry

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The thought about Republicans is, were supposed to be Jeffersonian. That government governs the best that governs the least. – Pat Robertson

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Though the people support the government the government should not support the people. – Grover Cleveland

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