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It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs le

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most. – Walter Lippmann

Other quotes by Walter Lippmann

In making the great experiment of governing people by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as necessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority. – Walter Lippmann

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Minorities
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Walter Lippmann
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Before you can begin to think about politics at all, you have to abandon the notion that there is a war between good men and bad men. – Walter Lippmann

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Politics
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Walter Lippmann
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I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament. – Tony Blair

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Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts. – Chris Christie

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I think there are certain folks in Missouri that dont trust government. And they havent trusted government for a long time. – Claire McCaskill

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Someone has to stay on the line and say, no, we can do this by cutting spending and reducing the size of government. Thats what I was committed to doing. – Chris Christie

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