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Treaties are like roses and young girls — they last while they last. – Charles de Gaulle

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I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government. – Madeleine Albright

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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. – Samuel Johnson

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That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part. – Thomas Jefferson

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