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If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost. – Barack Obama

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So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you – and fight alongside you – until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back, all the way. – Barack Obama

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Anniversary
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Barack Obama
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What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And thats just not what the founders intended. – Barack Obama

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Government
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Barack Obama
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Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights. – Leland Stanford

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Government

If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets. – Gary Hart

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Government

The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment. – Robert M. Hutchins, Great Books, 1954

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Government

A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away. – Barry Goldwater

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Government

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I dont think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless theyre black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. Thats what were upset about. – Toni Morrison

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Im eating a lot of organic proteins and vegetables! Maintaining a healthy, balanced diet is my No. 1 priority because Im nursing my daughter. – Lily Aldridge

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And perfect happiness? Man, thats a… the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm. – Jamie Foxx

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The stigma that was once attached to things society deemed unhealthy served the purpose of making them undesirable. With the stigma gone, many people see little reason not to do whatever feels good at the moment. – Gary Bauer

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