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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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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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Patriot Day
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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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Books
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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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Aggression is simply another name for government. – Benjamin Tucker

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It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state. – John Kenneth Galbraith

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I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated. – Chief Joseph

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The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling people. – Milton Friedman

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If you hire mediocre people, they will hire mediocre people. – Tom Murphy

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Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are. – Alfred Austin

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Every man is his own chief enemy. – Anacharsis

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