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If the government is vulnerable to public opinion, then famines are a dreadfully bad thing to have. You cant win many elections… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
We must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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Sometimes people will have a heart attack or some devastating personal loss, and after that, their political views change completely, and their… — Charles Eisenstein Copy Share Image
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“the swarms of cringers, suckers, doughfaces, lice of politics, planners of sly involutions for their own preferment to city offices or state… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
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Contrary to the prevailing notion that good governance is bad politics, in reality good governance is good politics. A government should work… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
My contact with [Cato] was strange. They're ideologues, like Trotskyites. All questions must be seen and solved within the true faith of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Hispanic unemployment is higher than the national average and when the federal government is killing small businesses and killing jobs it is… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
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The war between the artist and writer and government or orthodoxy is one of the tragedies of humankind. One chief enemy is… — Helen Foster Snow Copy Share Image
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I think everybody should have the choice [with drugs] the same as helmets. You should be able to say whether you want… — Sonny Barger Copy Share Image
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The planet Earth in its present mode of florescence is being devastated. This devastation is being fostered and protected by legal, political… — Thomas Berry Copy Share Image
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No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive… — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Copy Share Image
Washington flourished but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered, but the jobs left Americans want great schools for… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
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![“All experienced murderers seek cover. By putting the Agency’s fingerprints on [Mafia] operations, the mob could anticipate that the CIA would [be forced to] cooperate in the cover-up of crucial information related to JFK's assassination” quote by Lamar Waldron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1c/lamar-waldron-53719_murder_all-experienced-murderers-seek-cover-by_1622519.jpg)
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![“[I] vow[ed] to fight against socialized medicine…On healthcare, I agree with the President that we need to get costs under control...I can also say without hesitation, that the quality of healthcare in this county is second to none - and sacrificing quality to achieve these necessary reforms is…” quote by Glenn Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62e/glenn-thompson-56969_acceptable_i-vow-ed-to-fight-against-socialized-med_2132748.jpg)
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