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> [Government has ceased to mean upholding and reinforcing the traditional rights and morals of the governed; it now means compulsion in the service of social engineering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sobran/government-has-ceased-to-mean-upholding-and-reinforcing-the/)

[Joseph Sobran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-sobran/)

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> [When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people ... and ... becomes an instrument in the hands of evil rulers for their oppression ... it is a ... sacred obligation to their posterity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-houston/when-a-government-has-ceased-to-protect-the-lives-liberty-and/)

[Sam Houston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-houston/)

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