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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to b

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. – James Madison

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The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. – James Madison

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Government
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The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science. – James Madison

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Science
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The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war. – James Madison

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War
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Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. – Ronald Reagan

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If pro is the opposite of con what is the opposite of progress? – Paul Harvey

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Government

Im not driven to get back into politics. Its not on my top five things to do before I die, but saying that, I may be in politics in the next year or the next ten years. Ive been on the front line for 12 years, four in state government, eight on the national level. – J. C. Watts

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Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing. – Ronald Reagan

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If you go into a bar in most places in America and even say the word poetry, youll probably get beaten up. But poetry is a really strong, beautiful form to me, and a lot of innovation in language comes from poetry. – Jim Jarmusch

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You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die. – John Lennon

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