Quote by Thomas Jefferson
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I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. – Thomas Jefferson

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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just that his justice cannot sleep forever. – Thomas Jefferson

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My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. – Thomas Jefferson

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Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it. – Will Rogers

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Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. – James Madison

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The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress. – Benazir Bhutto

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I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues – Tories – in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. Im not a believer in laissez-faire. – Vince Cable

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To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. – Blaise Pascal

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What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln

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I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents. – Kathie Lee Gifford

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Speed in tennis is a strange mixture of intuition, guesswork, footwork and hair-trigger reflexes. Many of the players famed for quickness on court would finish dead last in a field of schoolgirls in a race over any distance more than ten yards. – Eugene Scott

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