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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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To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. – Samuel Johnson

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Idleness
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Samuel Johnson
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To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. – Samuel Johnson

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Home
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A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. – Samuel Johnson

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Cruelty
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But without a caring society, without each citizen voluntarily accepting the weight of responsibility, government is destined to grow even larger, taking more of your money, burrowing deeper into your lives. – Jeb Bush

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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. – George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, “Maxims: Education,” 1905

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Government

Being nice to governments doesnt work, they are such lying bastards. – Joy Baluch

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Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices, tightening our belts. – Chris Christie

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The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America. – Richard Dawkins

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Democracy: The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it. – Benjamin Lichtenberg

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You will attract the younger generation and they might well prove tougher than the older generation. What we are trying to do is to look at the future and see what we can do to bring some stability back to peoples lives. – Ian Botham

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