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H.L. Mencken:Only a government that is rich and


Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.
by H.L. Mencken


Guy de Maupassant:Every government has as much


Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.
by Guy de Maupassant


Bertrand Russell:Freedom of opinion can only


Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
by Bertrand Russell


Wendell L. Wilkie:Today it is not big business


Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.
by Wendell L. Wilkie


Thomas Erskine:Thus I have maintained by English


Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been free, English government has been secure.
by Thomas Erskine


Aristotle:Different men seek after happiness


Different men seek after happiness indifferent ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.
by Aristotle


Albert Pike:Of that Equilibrium between


Of that Equilibrium between Authority and Individual Action which constitutes Free Government, be settling on immutable foundations Liberty with Obedience to Law, Equality with Subjection to Authority, and Fraternity with Subordination to the Wisest and the Best: and of that Equilibrium between the Active Energy of the Will of the Present, expressed by the Vote of the People, and the Passive Stability and Permanence of the Will of the Past, expressed in constitutions of government, written or unwritten, and in laws and customs, gray with age and sanctified by time, as precedents and authority.
by Albert Pike


Dianne Feinstein:A woman does not have to make


A woman does not have to make decisions based on the need to survive. She can cut through issues, call shots as she sees them.... Many bad decisions are made by men in government because it is good for them personally to make bad public decisions.
by Dianne Feinstein


Lao-Tzu:The best man in his dwelling loves the


The best man in his dwelling loves the earth. In his heart, he loves what is profound. In his associations, he loves humanity. In his words, he loves faithfulness. In government, he loves order. In handling affairs, he loves competence. In his activities, he loves timeliness. It is because he does not compete that he is without reproach.
by Lao-Tzu


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