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The republican is the only form of government which is not eternal

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. – Thomas Jefferson

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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people that… it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. – Thomas Jefferson

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The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset. – Thomas Jefferson

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Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint. – Alexander Hamilton

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My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, thats the greatest reward I think any government could hope for. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves. – Grover Cleveland

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One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into the streets of countries. – Hillary Clinton

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Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net. – Franklin P. Adams

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Which death is preferably to every other? The unexpected. – Julius Caesar

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If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse — as a man shoots himself. – H.L. Mencken

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Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will. – Mitt Romney

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