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> [Government is violence, Christianity is meekness, non-resistance, love. And, therefore, government cannot be Christian, and a man who wishes to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/government-is-violence-christianity-is-meekness-non-resistance-love/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [ To seek out the best \[persons to serve in the government\] though the whole Union, we must resort to the information which… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/to-seek-out-the-best-persons-to-serve-in-the-government-though-the/)

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

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> [I pinch myself because of the understanding that I've been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/i-pinch-myself-because-of-the-understanding-that-i-ve-been-blessed/)

[Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/)

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> [The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens... Henceforth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/the-truth-is-that-the-state-is-a-conspiracy-designed-not-only-to/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-spence/the-people-of-a-nation-are-enslaved-when-together-they-are-helpless/)

[Gerry Spence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-spence/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fa/gerry-spence-9080_change_the-people-of-a-nation-are-enslaved-when_3069717.jpg)

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