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Quote by John Adams
While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill – little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago. – John Adams

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Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. – John Adams

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power
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The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations. – John Adams

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Men
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There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live. – John Adams

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The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No nation, no entity, large or small, public or private, can thrive, or survive intact, with debts as huge as ours. – Mitch Daniels

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Under this president, we have a government that has grown too big, too costly and now even more overbearing by forcing religious entities to abandon their beliefs. – Marco Rubio

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Who can be against progress, after all? But its a fraudulent use of the word – because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can do for you. – Rick Perry

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The governments War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice. – Harry Browne

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From the beginning, there have been some religious leaders who greeted the funding of faith-based social services by government with ambivalence. – Tony Campolo

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Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world. – Patrick J. Kennedy

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Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. – Franz Kafka

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Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory. – Claude Debussy

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