Quote by Paul Tsongas
Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. I

Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed. – Paul Tsongas

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I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore Americas greatness. – Paul Tsongas

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Seven and half years ago I began my own journey. For me and my family it was a time of adversity. But during that adversity I derived a deeper faith. And born out of that adversity was a commitment to devote myself to those people and to those issues that truly matter to me. – Paul Tsongas

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From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence. – Paul Tsongas

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In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures. – Carroll Quigley

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In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions. – Peter Singer

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The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men. – James Bryce

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My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub. – Grover Norquist

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