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Quote by Thomas Paine
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act.

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. – Thomas Paine

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I believe in the equality of man and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy. – Thomas Paine

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He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. – Thomas Paine

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This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. – Will Rogers

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Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. – George Washington

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Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. – Frederic Bastiat

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One of the things the government cant do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt. – Lee Iacocca

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