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> [Only perhaps in the United States, which alone of countries can do without governing,every man being at least able to live, and move off into the wilderness, let Congress jargon as it will,can such a form of so-called Government continue…](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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> [“What is governing to a man that can rule himself? If he cannot rule himself, how shall he rule others?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/what-is-governing-to-a-man-that-can-rule-himself-if-he-cannot-rule/)

[Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/)

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