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title: "10 Called Government Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Called Government quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Called Government sayings and thoughts."
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> [If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/if-any-man-s-money-can-be-taken-by-a-so-called-government-without-his/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

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> [Liberals were intimidated by the Reagan administration and did not want to appear naive by talking about programs that called for government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-julius-wilson/liberals-were-intimidated-by-the-reagan-administration-and-did-not/)

[William Julius Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-julius-wilson/)

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> [Ultimately, there is no entity called 'government'; there are only people forming themselves into groups called 'governments' and acting in a 'governmental'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/ultimately-there-is-no-entity-called-government-there-are-only-people/)

[Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/)

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> [The situation of the general government, if it can be called a government, is shaken to its foundation, and liable to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/the-situation-of-the-general-government-if-it-can-be-called-a/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [The corporation is not a person; it is a legal fiction backed up by guns and police and jail cells and taxing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-brown/the-corporation-is-not-a-person-it-is-a-legal-fiction-backed-up-by/)

[Jerry Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-brown/)

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> [In order to fulfill the aspirations of masses, we have to sharpen the tool called the government machinery: we have to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/narendra-modi/in-order-to-fulfill-the-aspirations-of-masses-we-have-to-sharpen-the/)

[Narendra Modi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/narendra-modi/)

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> [The US has developed two coordinate governing classes: the one, called 'business,' building cities, manufacturing and distributing goods, and holding complete and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurman-arnold/the-us-has-developed-two-coordinate-governing-classes-the-one-called/)

[Thurman Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thurman-arnold/)

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> [The people as a body cannot deliberate. Nevertheless, they will feel an irresistible impulse to act, and their resolutions will be dictated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fisher-ames/the-people-as-a-body-cannot-deliberate-nevertheless-they-will-feel-an/)

[Fisher Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fisher-ames/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/fisher-ames-19639_arbitrary_the-people-as-a-body-cannot-deliberate-n_319506.png)

> [Only perhaps in the United States, which alone of countries can do without governing,every man being at least able to live, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/only-perhaps-in-the-united-states-which-alone-of-countries-can-do/)

[Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/)

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> [“Suppose a problem in psychology was set: What can be done to persuade the men of our time — Christians, humanitarians or,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/suppose-a-problem-in-psychology-was-set-what-can-be-done-to-persuade/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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