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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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Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination – everything which can charm and bewitch the simple and ignorant. I wonder how Luther ever broke the spell. – John Adams

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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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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. – Denis Diderot

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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldnt possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. Theres a relationship to government about knights. – Harold Pinter

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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. – H. L. Mencken

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The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man. – Baron William Henry Beveridge

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It seems to me the Washington Monument is a symbol of Americas power. It has been the symbol of our great nation. We look at the symbol and we say this is one nation under God. – Pat Robertson

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Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used. – Elbert Hubbard

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A dog can express more with his tail in seconds than his owner can express with his tongue in hours. – Author Unknown

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Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars. – Robertson Davies

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