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The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give m

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. – William Ellery Channing

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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. – Edmund Burke

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Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half. – Sandra Day OConnor

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The fact is that America has been at her most prosperous when government and the private sector have been not at war, but in a wary, if often underplayed, alliance. History is unmistakable on this point. – Jon Meacham

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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. – George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, “Maxims: Education,” 1905

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