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“The government is merely a servant -- merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.”
Mark Twain
“I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”
Will Smith
“A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences”
Thomas Jefferson
“Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?”
Abraham Lincoln
“A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.”
Ayn Rand
“Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it”
Ronald Reagan
“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.”
Andrew Jackson
“Good government is no substitute for self-government”
Mahatma Gandhi
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.”
“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”
George Washington
