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To rule is easy, to govern difficult. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To rule is easy, to govern difficult. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill – little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago. – John Adams

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Theres something fundamentally wrong with a system where theres been 17 years of a Tory Government and the people of Scotland have voted Socialist for 17 years. That hardly seems democratic. – Sean Connery

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