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Quote by Eliot Spitzer
When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation prem

When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast majority of the world as an experiment doomed to fail. Dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies had for many centuries ruled the world. – Eliot Spitzer

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Yes, people pull the trigger – but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror. – Eliot Spitzer

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Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a products cost to society is reflected in the price of that product. – Eliot Spitzer

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The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and – just as the Tea Party did – it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her electoral success a focal point. – Eliot Spitzer

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The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We feel free when we escape — even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire. – Eric Hoffer

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