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Quote by Basil Bunting
But their determination to banish fools foundered ultimately in th

But their determination to banish fools foundered ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots. – Basil Bunting

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The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology. – Basil Bunting

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Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people. – Andrew Cuomo

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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government. – Colin Powell

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

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