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The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word

The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men. – James Bryce

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The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. – James Bryce

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There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men who believed in original sin, and were resolved to leave open for transgressors no door which they could possibly shut. – James Bryce

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Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. – James Bryce

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Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government. – Mary Wollstonecraft

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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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Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people. – Andrew Cuomo

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People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the truth shall always set you free. – Glenn Beck

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