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There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only i

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. – Andrew Jackson

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Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down. – 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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I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. Its a cruel and evil government. – Doris Lessing

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As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending. – Andrew Jackson

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Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves. – Ronald Reagan

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Its counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of the past 10 years. With government unified under a single party, the minority has the least possible incentive to cooperate with the majority. – John Sununu

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I and my colleagues here have been engaged in the pursuit of knowledge. – Frederick Sanger

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