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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend th

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. – Andrew Jackson

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The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. – Andrew Jackson

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Equality
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Andrew Jackson
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Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated. – Andrew Jackson

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Government
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The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary. – Wilhelm Reich

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If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it. – Woodrow Wilson

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The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country. – Newt Gingrich

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People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that cant live within its income. – Robert Half

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