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Quote by Edmund Burke
And having looked to government for bread, on the very first scarc

And having looked to government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them. To avoid that evil, government will redouble the causes of it; and then it will become inveterate and incurable. – Edmund Burke

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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations. – Edmund Burke

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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. – Edmund Burke

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Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after. – William Shakespeare

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Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich. – P. J. ORourke

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Dont gag people with welfare, theyll never make an effort. – Source Unknown

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Mothers born on relief have their babies on relief. Nothingness, truly, seems to be the condition of these New York people. They are nomads going from one rooming house to another, looking for a toilet that functions. – Elizabeth Hardwick

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Education aims to give you a boost up the ladder of knowledge. Too often, it just gives you a cramp on one of its rungs. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. – Isaac Friedmann

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Todays youth are told to get rich or die trying and they really shouldnt take that attitude forward with them. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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