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To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Co

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places. – Wendell Phillips, Orations, Speeches, Lectures and Letters

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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work – because if they dont, they wont be around the next time the ballot box is open. – King Abdullah II

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Nobody is starving on the streets. Weve always taken care of them. We take care of our own we always have. It is not the governments responsibility. – Benjamin Carson

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I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people wont believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons. – William Hague

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Treaties are like roses and young girls — they last while they last. – Charles de Gaulle

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If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators. – Ben Stein

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At home, you always have to be a politician when youre abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman. – Harold MacMillan

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You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but were all partially different – its no good imposing systems on people that it doesnt suit. – Damian Lewis

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