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Quote by Edmund Burke
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every vi

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. – Edmund Burke

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People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors. – Edmund Burke

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Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights. – Pete Stark

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The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people. – William O. Douglas

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I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal. – John Maynard Keynes

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I love and always have loved policy issues and trying to have an impact on the issues that are out there. I cherish my years in government. I have loved my participation at CNN, at Current writing teaching. Where I will go next, I will have to sort out. – Eliot Spitzer

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