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“Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”
Abraham Lincoln
“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.”
Winston Churchill
“Man is not free unless government is limited.”
Ronald Reagan
“The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.”
Voltaire
“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
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”
Edward Abbey
“The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.”
Albert Einstein
“Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude”
Dale Carnegie
“I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going”
George Bernard Shaw