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

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

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Yesterday the greatest question was decided which ever was debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States. – John Adams

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Freedom
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Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. – John Adams

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great
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I request that they may be considered in confidence, until the members of Congress are fully possessed of their contents, and shall have had opportunity to deliberate on the consequences of their publication; after which time, I submit them to your wisdom. – John Adams

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We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our reforms protect middle class taxpayers. – Scott Walker

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People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that cant live within its income. – Robert Half

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Government

No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government

The mistakes made by Congress wouldnt be so bad if the next Congress didnt keep trying to correct them. – Cullen Hightower

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For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that Im pushing 40, I guess I look closer to… 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I dont have one of those. – Gabriel Mann

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I pick my favorite quotation and store them in my mind as ready armor, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence. – Robert Burns

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Quotations

In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. Its become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment. – E. L. Doctorow

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State

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife youll be happy if not, youll become a philosopher. – Socrates

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