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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
Thomas Paine 
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
Octavian Caesar Augustus
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Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.
Richard Lamm
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If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?
Paul Harvey
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Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
Lily Tomlin
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The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
Milton Friedman
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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.
Karl Marx
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If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also.
Fred Woodworth
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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
William Penn
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