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> [The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today -- my own government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king/the-greatest-purveyor-of-violence-in-the-world-today-my-own-government/)

[Martin Luther King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king/)

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> [The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-question-we-ask-today-is-not-whether-our-government-is-too-big-or/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Today government touches everything in America and harms almost everything it touches. Federal, state, and local governments together spend 42 out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-wallop/today-government-touches-everything-in-america-and-harms-almost/)

[Malcolm Wallop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-wallop/)

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> [Opposition today, government tomorrow. The faces change, the robberies are the same or even greater than before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-malfatti/opposition-today-government-tomorrow-the-faces-change-the-robberies/)

[Jean-Paul Malfatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-malfatti/)

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> [Without computers, the government would be unable to function at the level of effectiveness and efficiency that we have come to expect.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/without-computers-the-government-would-be-unable-to-function-at-the/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

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> [“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-question-we-ask-today-is-not-whether-our-government-is-too-big-or-2/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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