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If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of t

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. – Thomas Jefferson

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So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done. – Thomas Jefferson

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Government
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Thomas Jefferson
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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. – Thomas Jefferson

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Fear
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Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. – Thomas Jefferson

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Freedom
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A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible. – Woodrow Wilson

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I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. Weve come to take our government back. – Rand Paul

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Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad. – Iain Duncan Smith

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Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear. – Thomas B. Macaulay

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Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice. – Harry S. Truman

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I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. Whats life without a sense of humor? – Mayer Hawthorne

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Cowardice… is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination. – Ernest Hemingway

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The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies. – Ray Bradbury

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