Quote by Nicolas Chamfort
If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh

If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France. – Nicolas Chamfort

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Living is a sickness to which sleep provides relief every sixteen hours. Its a palliative. The remedy is death. – Nicolas Chamfort

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There are good people and bad people in all organizations fundamentally however, when you look at the basis of the Tea Party it has nothing to do with race. It has to do with an economic recovery. It has to do with limiting the role of our government in our lives. It has to do with free markets. – Tim Scott

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Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness its peculiar magnitude permits no shading. – John Updike

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This administration in Washington thats in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but its the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area. – Rick Perry

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The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion. – Lewis Mumford, in Anne Chisholm, Philosophers of the Earth: Conversations with E

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