Quote by Thomas Jefferson
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain o

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. – Thomas Jefferson

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World War II was the last government program that really worked. – George Will

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I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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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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Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else. – Nicolas Walter, About Anarchism

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