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title: "6 Government Opinion Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 6 Government Opinion quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Government Opinion sayings and thoughts."
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> [People need help to change the way they eat... this is what government is for in my opinion… We should make food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-bittman/people-need-help-to-change-the-way-they-eat-this-is-what-government/)

[Mark Bittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-bittman/)

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> [Think you have a low opinion of government? You should see government's opinion of you!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-burge/think-you-have-a-low-opinion-of-government-you-should-see-government/)

[David Burge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-burge/)

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> [“I reject any form of government in which the opinion of the village idiot is given the same weight as Aristotle”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-reject-any-form-of-government-in-which-the-opinion-of-the-village/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/i-am-a-most-unhappy-man-i-have-unwittingly-ruined-my-country-a-great/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

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> [ \[We are\] no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/we-are-no-longer-a-government-by-free-opinion-no-longer-a-government/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

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> [The basis of our government (is) is opinion of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-basis-of-our-government-is-is-opinion-of-the-people/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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