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title: "6 Governments Usually Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Changing the ways of governments usually doesn't happen quickly, but time is a luxury the world no longer enjoys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frans-van-houten/changing-the-ways-of-governments-usually-doesn-t-happen-quickly-but/)

[Frans van Houten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frans-van-houten/)

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> [Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/government-is-at-best-but-an-expedient-but-most-governments-are/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/government-is-at-best-but-an-expedient-but-most-governments-are-2/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Confronted by menace, or what is perceived as menace, governments will usually attempt to smash it, rarely to examine it, understand it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-tuchman/confronted-by-menace-or-what-is-perceived-as-menace-governments-will/)

[Barbara Tuchman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-tuchman/)

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> [I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-heartily-accept-the-motto-that-government-is-best-which-governs-2/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Governments usually end not with a bang but with a whimper, as the Conservatives learned in the 1990s. Support and authority erodes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcdonnell/governments-usually-end-not-with-a-bang-but-with-a-whimper-as-the/)

[John McDonnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcdonnell/)

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