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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Abraham Lincoln 
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For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
Jonathan Swift
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This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
Will Rogers
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Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
H. L. Mencken
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.
Robert Orben
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Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.
William E. Gladstone
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The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill
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