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Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the laws of death.
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Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.
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Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government.
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Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant.
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Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.
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Granny Ditto always referred to perfume as 'smell good' and for me it's an essential. I have a sweetheart who's extremely allergic to most scents, so I have to be extra careful - as well as creative - in the smell department. The key, I've found, are essential oils, which come in all kinds of 100% natural scents.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
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Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.
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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them.
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Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.
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Great men never make bad use of their superiority. They see it and feel it and are not less modest. The more they have, the more they know their own deficiencies.
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Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
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Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
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Greed is all right, by the way. I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.
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Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.
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Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it.
Source: The Year of Magical Thinking (2007) 58 -
Grief was an actual weight, he thought. It felt like a physical burden. You carried it with you all day, unsheddable. Your shoulders, by nightfall, felt dragged down.
Source: This is My Daughter p.320 -
Groups that advocate open government have argued that it's vital to know the names of White House visitors, who may have an outsized influence on policy matters.
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