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title: "7 Government Individual Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [That, in essence is Fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any controlling private power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/that-in-essence-is-fascism-ownership-of-government-by-an-individual/)

[Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/)

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> [That is how our nation has been built - by a partnership between citizen and government, between individual and society, between a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-nath-kovind/that-is-how-our-nation-has-been-built-by-a-partnership-between/)

[Ram Nath Kovind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-nath-kovind/)

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> [Liberty is a political firewall that limits the damage government can do to the individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/liberty-is-a-political-firewall-that-limits-the-damage-government-can/)

[James Bovard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bovard/)

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> [It is equally clear that a government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/it-is-equally-clear-that-a-government-must-govern-must-prescribe-and/)

[Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/)

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> [A government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a government. Moreover, the individual must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/a-government-must-govern-must-prescribe-and-enforce-laws-within-its/)

[Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/)

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> [That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/that-in-its-essence-is-fascism-ownership-of-government-by-an/)

[Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/)

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> [Government! Three-fourths parasitic and the rest stupid fumbling - oh, Harshaw concluded that man, a social animal, could not avoid government, any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/government-three-fourths-parasitic-and-the-rest-stupid-fumbling-oh/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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