This spirit of freedom is expanding even where it must struggle against the external obstacles of governments that misunderstand their own function.… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
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Thoughts, words, ideas and information, free from any bonds or restrictions, is the very concrete which pours out a foundation strong enough… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
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Mr. President, all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not on government land. On government… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
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![“[In a democracy] a common passion or interest will, in almost every case , be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and concert results from the form of government itself; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/bcf/james-madison-373_cases_in-a-democracy-a-common-passion-or-inter_2143957.jpg)
![“If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse. And if they pretended to treat it as something really important it was because they knew that the madmen they were talking to believed themselves to be kings and emperors. They humoured these beliefs…” quote by Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/eb5/blaise-pascal-167_belief_if-they-plato-and-aristotle-wrote-about_343108.jpg)
![“We are reorganizing how we work with state and local governments to make sure that we are not prioritizing families [for deportation], and you are gonna see, I think, a substantial change even as the case works its way through the courts.” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/d64/barack-obama-17_cases_we-are-reorganizing-how-we-work-with-sta_2299088.jpg)
