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Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with th

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government. – Thomas Jefferson

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I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion. – Thomas Jefferson

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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor. – Thomas Jefferson

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Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know its bold. Its out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background its hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government. – Newt Gingrich

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Every dollar I cant commit to my company thats paid in taxes is paying a government that I believe is too big and doing way too much that I dont want done. – Curt Schilling

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It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights. – James Bovard

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An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Womens Affairs. Man, whod she have to show here ankles to to get that job? – Tina Fey

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