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title: "4 Govern Reason Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-s-truman/democracy-is-based-on-the-conviction-that-man-has-the-moral-and/)

[Harry S. Truman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-s-truman/)

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> [Democracy maintains that government is established for the benefit of the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the individual,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-s-truman/democracy-maintains-that-government-is-established-for-the-benefit-of/)

[Harry S. Truman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-s-truman/)

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> [Conservatives cannot govern well for the same reason that vegetarians cannot prepare a world-class boeuf bourguignon: If you believe that what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-wolfe/conservatives-cannot-govern-well-for-the-same-reason-that-vegetarians/)

[Alan Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-wolfe/)

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> [The way to subject all things to thyself is to subject thyself to reason; thou shalt govern many, if reason govern thee.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-quarles/the-way-to-subject-all-things-to-thyself-is-to-subject-thyself-to/)

[Francis Quarles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-quarles/)

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