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Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked

Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances. – Steve Allen

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Humor is a social lubricant that helps us get over some of the bad spots. – Steve Allen

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For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. – Marco Rubio

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I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it. – Andrew Jackson

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The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors two, facility to acquirers and three, hope to all. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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People in government and public life are being kicked around at a high rate of speed. – Arlen Specter

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