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"I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere."
Congreve, William on Secrets
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"Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds."
Congreve, William on Rewards
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"Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure."
Congreve, William on Marriage
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"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
Voltaire on Government
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"It is easy to rule over the good."
Plautus, Titus Maccius on Government
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"Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."
Reagan, Ronald on Government
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"It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose."
Roosevelt, Franklin D. on Government
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Conrad, Joseph on Government
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"The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination."
Voltaire on Government
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"Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law."
Solon on Government
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"I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing."
Goldsmith, Oliver on Zeal
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"True valor lies between cowardice and rashness."
Cervantes, Miguel De on Valor
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"The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority."
Calhoun, John C. on Life and Living
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"Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for."
Rogers, Will on Government
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"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."
Rogers, Will on Government
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"The ship of state is the only known vessel that leaks from the top."
Reston, James on Government
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"You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception."
Cousin, Victor on Government
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"The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem."
Friedman, Milton on Government
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"Governments never learn. Only people learn."
Friedman, Milton on Government
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"It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right."
Gladstone, William E. on Government
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"The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves."
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on Government
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"There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses."
Jackson, Andrew on Government
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"I have no ambition to govern men. It is a painful and thankless office"
Jefferson, Thomas on Government
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"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."
O'Rourke, P. J. on Government
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"Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse."
Reagan, Ronald on Government
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"A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top."
Reston, James on Government
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"It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter"
Churchill, Winston on Fear
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"We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty."
Churchill, Winston on Wealth
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"If I was your wife Sir, I'd poison you! Madam, if you were my wife, I'd let you!"
Churchill, Winston on Wives
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"This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read."
Churchill, Winston on Wordiness
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Pneuma Bibliou--Greek for "book soul." That explains it all.

