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The happiness of society is the end of government. - John Adams

The happiness of society is the end of government. – John Adams

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I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth. – John Adams

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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. – John Adams

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I dont think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldnt surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number? – Andy Rooney

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If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years thered be a shortage of sand. – Milton Friedman

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Ive been in and out of Wall Street since 1949, and Ive never seen the type of animosity between government and Wall Street. And Im not sure where it comes from, but I suspect its got to do with a general schism in this society which is really becoming ever more destructive. – Alan Greenspan

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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint. – Alexander Hamilton

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I had to choose, Id be so sad. They are flip sides of the same coin. I love both comedy and drama. – Dianne Wiest

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We need to think of the future and the planet we are going to leave to our children and their children. – Kofi Annan

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I will remember always that marriage, like life, is a journey – not a destination – and that its treasures are found not just at the end but all along the way. – Anon.

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Laughter — An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable. – Ambrose Bierce

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