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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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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. – Leo Tolstoy

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War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it. – Leo Tolstoy

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Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. – Leo Tolstoy

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Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. – Woodrow Wilson

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Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. – Adrian Cronauer

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We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny. – Barbara Jordan

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I dont believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution. – William J. Clinton

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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement. – Nelson Mandela

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