"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
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"Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business."
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"Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will whenever they become destructive of the ends for which they were established."
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"In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people."
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"Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government's confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case, would it not be simpler, If the government simply dissolved the people And elected another?"
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"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force."
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"But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God."
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"Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way."
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"Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to governments – and to organized religions as well. That is why governments and religious organizations seek to control education."
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"The true terrorists of our world do not meet at the docks at midnight, or scream "Allahu Akbar" before some violent action. The true terrorists of our world wear 5000 dollar suits and work in the highest positions of finance, government and business."
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"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger."
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"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others."
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"For over 20 years, the federal and provincial governments have made enormous efforts employing a variety of approaches in an attempt to stimulate Montreal's economy."
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"This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual."
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"The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people."
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"Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile."
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"Those (who) seek to establish systems of Government based on the regimentation of all Human Beings by a handful of individual rulers...call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order."
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"So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future."
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"To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government."
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"No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws."
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