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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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Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control mens minds. – Thurgood Marshall

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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing. – Herbert Spencer

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The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should not support the people. – Grover Cleveland

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Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed. – Dean Acheson

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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night. – Steve Martin

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Its a good question, because a movie isnt good or bad based on its politics. Its usually good or bad for other reasons, though you might agree or disagree with its politics. – Roger Ebert

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One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, youd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans. – George H. W. Bush

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