Quote by John Updike
Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness it

Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness its peculiar magnitude permits no shading. – John Updike

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It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian. – John Updike

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Honesty
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Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his overanimation. One can either see or be seen. – John Updike

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We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent. – Marco Rubio

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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. – Denis Diderot

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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint. – Alexander Hamilton

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Being nice to governments doesnt work, they are such lying bastards. – Joy Baluch

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If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor. – Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Chamfort)

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