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Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, feder

Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly employed by the federal government shrank. One of the factors that explained the difference was contracting. – Thomas Frank

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Yes, Democrats can prove that America pays more for health care than other countries yes, they have won the dispute that private health insurance is needlessly expensive. But what theyve lost is the argument that we are a society. – Thomas Frank

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When the entertainers of the Right arent declaring their disgust with President Obama for groveling before foreign potentates, theyre pretending to fear him as a left-wing thug, an exemplar of what they call the Chicago way. – Thomas Frank

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As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is thought to have been a solidly good president, a Near Great even, in the terminology of those surveys of historians they do every now and then. – Thomas Frank

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There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that limit government. Government is the enemy of liberty. Government should be very restrained. – Ron Paul

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Governments never learn. Only people learn. – Milton Friedman

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I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it. – Andrew Jackson

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Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government. – George Washington

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I want to write a book which is the history of comedy. – John Cleese

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Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you. – Wayne Dyer

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[W]hen the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl. – James Matthew Barrie, Peter Pan

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There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard. – Washington Irving

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