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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one. – Thomas Paine

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War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. – Thomas Paine

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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue but moderation in principle is always a vice. – Thomas Paine

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I have always thought that change you can see and feel is best. – Henry Rollins

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Ive always felt toward the slightest scene, even if all I had to do in a scene was just to come in and say, Hi, that the people ought to get their moneys worth and that this is an obligation of mine, to give them the best you can get from me. – Marilyn Monroe

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The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans. – John F. Kerry

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A boys story is the best that is ever told. – Charles Dickens

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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. – George Washington

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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. – Samuel Johnson

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