Quote by Jimmy Carter
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human w

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom. – Jimmy Carter

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A fundamentalist cant bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality. – Jimmy Carter

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Equality
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Its very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth. – Jimmy Carter

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Government
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One of those promises was to limit the size of government and to have the government serve the people – and not the other way around. – Scott Walker

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As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And itll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth. – Stephen Fry

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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. – P. J. ORourke

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

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