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A government of laws, and not of men. - John Adams

A government of laws, and not of men. – John Adams

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My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. – John Adams

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Imagination
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When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more. – John Adams

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Freedom
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But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow. It is like a large Fleet sailing under Convoy. The fleetest Sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest. Like a Coach and sixthe swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace. – John Adams

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Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. – Milton Friedman

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Government

Governments view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. – Ronald Reagan

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Government

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government

And you cant have a prosperous economy when the government is way overspending, raising tax rates, printing too much money, over regulating and restricting free trade. It just cant be done. – Arthur Laffer

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Government

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Money is a strange business. People who havent got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles. – Ayrton Senna

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