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This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumpt

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. – Dee Dee Myers

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It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong. – Wendell Willkie

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The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. – Plato

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I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better. – Scott Walker

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