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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government result

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. – Thomas Jefferson

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But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. – Thomas Jefferson

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Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. – Thomas Jefferson

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Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. – Albert Einstein

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I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I dont think it is the governments rule. – Arlen Specter

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Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens — and then everybody disagrees. – Boris Marshalov

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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies. – Honore de Balzac

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That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers. – Gore Vidal

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I wish I had coined the phrase tyranny of choice, but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance of options does not make you feel privileged and indulged too many options make you feel like all of them are wrong, and that you are wrong if you choose any of them. – Susan Orlean

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It can be said of optimism that while sometimes mistaken, it is never sadly mistaken. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Being brave isnt the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it. – Bear Grylls

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