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Quote by Samuel Johnson
I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of governmen

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. – Samuel Johnson

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It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger. – Samuel Johnson

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Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man. – Samuel Johnson

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Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. – John Locke

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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. – Jonathan Swift

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All that a good government aims at… is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities. – James F. Cooper

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Does the owner of the restaurant own his restaurant? Or does the government own his restaurant? – Rand Paul

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