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  • Harry S. Truman Whenever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Wherever the people are well informed they can be trusted with their own government;
    Letter to Richard Price, 08-01-1789
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Benjamin Graham Whether we like it or not, government intervention in the face of surplus is here to stay.
    Storage and Stability Part I, Ch. II, Government and Surplus Stocks, p.
    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
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  • Arthur C. Brooks Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise system and are unsupportive of big government.
    Arthur C. Brooks
    American social scientist and musician (1964 - )
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  • Arthur Hoppe Who knows? Maybe my life belongs to God. Maybe it belongs to me. But I do know one thing: I'm damned if it belongs to the government.
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Alexander Hamilton Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
    Alexander Hamilton
    American statesman (1757 - 1804)
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  • Ahmed Ben Bella With my government, we engaged in bringing our help to fights for national freedom. At that precise moment, several countries were still colonised or had barely overcome colonisation. This was the case in practically all of Africa. We supported them.
    Ahmed Ben Bella
    Algerian politician, socialist soldier and revolutionary (1916 - 2012)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Women hold up more than half the sky and represent much of the world's unrealized potential. They are the educators. They raise the children. They hold families together and increasingly drive economies. They are natural leaders. We need their full engagement... in government, business and civil society.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bertolt Brecht Would it not be easier In that case for the government To dissolve the people And elect another?
    The Solution [Die Lösung] After the rebellion of East German workers.
    Bertolt Brecht
    German - Austrian writer (1898 - 1956)
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  • Wendell Phillips Write on my gravestone: ''Infidel, Traitor.'' - infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.
    Wendell Phillips
    American Reformer, Orator (1811 - 1884)
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  • Oscar Wilde Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bernard M. Baruch You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in government.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • Rush Limbaugh You could afford your house without the government if it weren't for the government.
    Rush Limbaugh
    American radio talk show host (1951 - 2021)
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  • Bob Riley You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones.
    Bob Riley
    American politician (1944 - )
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  • Bob Ainsworth You have to make the compromise: resign, stay out of the government, and you can say what you like... but no one has to do anything about it.
    Bob Ainsworth
    British Labour Party politician (1952 - )
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  • Bill Clinton You need to know that a member of Congress who refuses to allow the minimum wage to come up for a vote made more money during last year's one-month government shutdown than a minimum wage worker makes in an entire year.
    Bill Clinton
    President of the US (1946 - )
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  • Bernard M. Baruch You talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions, and they are not interested too much in the form of government.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Ambrose Bierce In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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