Quote by Andrew Jackson
As long as our government is administered for the good of the peop

As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending. – Andrew Jackson

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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. – Andrew Jackson

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Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down. – Andrew Jackson

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It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States. – Andrew Jackson

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Government
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Aggression is simply another name for government. – Benjamin Tucker

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I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions. – Stephen Harper

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The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion. – Lewis Mumford, in Anne Chisholm, Philosophers of the Earth: Conversations with E

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I think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what it does in peoples lives, I see the EEOC as having much more legitimacy than the others, if properly run. – Clarence Thomas

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