| We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. -- Wendell Phillips |
| Author:
Phillips, WendellEra:
1811 |
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| Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been free, English government has been secure. -- Thomas Erskine |
| Author:
Erskine, ThomasEra:
1750 |
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| Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. -- Bertrand Russell |
| Author:
Russell, BertrandEra:
1872 |
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| Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government. -- Wendell L. Wilkie |
| Author:
Wilkie, Wendell L.Era:
1892 |
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| A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts. -- Seneca |
| Author:
SenecaEra:
-4 |
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| Of that Equilibrium between Authority and Individual Action which constitutes Free government, be settling on immutable foundations Liberty with Obedience to Law, Equality with Subjection to Authority, and Fraternity with Subordination to the Wisest and the Best: and of that Equilibrium between the Active Energy of the Will of the Present, expressed by the Vote of the People, and the Passive Stability and Permanence of the Will of the Past, expressed in constitutions of government, written or unwritten, and in laws and customs, gray with age and sanctified by time, as precedents and authority. -- Albert Pike |
| Author:
Pike, AlbertEra:
1809 |
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| government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force. -- George Washington |
| Author:
Washington, GeorgeEra:
1732 |
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| The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments. -- William E. Borah |
| Author:
Borah, William E.Era:
1865 |
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| The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods; it remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate. -- Mark Twain |
| Author:
Twain, MarkEra:
1835 |
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| Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth. -- H. L. Mencken |
| Author:
Mencken, H. L.Era:
1880 |
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| The best man in his dwelling loves the earth. In his heart, he loves what is profound. In his associations, he loves humanity. In his words, he loves faithfulness. In government, he loves order. In handling affairs, he loves competence. In his activities, he loves timeliness. It is because he does not compete that he is without reproach. -- Lao-Tzu |
| Author:
Lao-TzuEra:
-604 |
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| Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail. -- Benito Mussolini |
| Author:
Mussolini, BenitoEra:
1883 |
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| If my theory of relativty is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew. -- Albert Einstein |
| Author:
Einstein, AlbertEra:
1879 |
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| Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck. -- Guy de Maupassant |
| Author:
de Maupassant, GuyEra:
1850 |
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