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Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consen

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights. – Leland Stanford

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The employer class is less indispensable in the modern organization of industries because the laboring men themselves possess sufficient intelligence to organize into co-operative relation and enjoy the entire benefits of their own labor. – Leland Stanford

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Intelligence
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Leland Stanford
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A mans sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which makes him trim and adopt some other view. The best reforms are worked out when sentiment operates, as it does in women, with the indignation of righteousness. – Leland Stanford

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best
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Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce. – Leland Stanford

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Knowledge
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Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant. – David Attenborough

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Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government. – Bob Woodward

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I pinch myself because of the understanding that Ive been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get – to serve their government and their people at this level. – Marco Rubio

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Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you werent supposed to make money! – Joe Biden

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We have two lives — the one we learn with and the life we live after that. – Bernard Malamud, The Natural

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Architecture cant fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of that turmoil into the architecture, or it isnt real. – Frank Stella

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