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Quote by Walter Lippmann
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

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In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs. – Walter Lippmann

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Men
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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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I love and always have loved policy issues and trying to have an impact on the issues that are out there. I cherish my years in government. I have loved my participation at CNN, at Current writing teaching. Where I will go next, I will have to sort out. – Eliot Spitzer

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A Conservative government is an organised hypocrisy. – Benjamin Disraeli, 1845

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I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything. – Anthony Trollope

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We have to attack those things which stand in the way of America progress. And what stands in the way of American progress right now is the federal government. – Tim Scott

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Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from ones enemies. – Leon Trotsky

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The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business. – James Cash Penney

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I dont have to get up in the morning and go beat up my body like I used to. I dont have to be out there in August in 108 degree weather down in Texas. – Emmitt Smith

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Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws. – Calvin Coolidge

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