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We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. — Alexander Hamilton
In rivers and bad governments the lightest things swim at top. — Benjamin Franklin
With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money to… — Friedrich August von Hayek
A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without… — Franklin Pierce
Governments decide they know best and they're going to tell you what to do. The trouble is that education doesn't go on in the committee… — Ken Robinson
It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most of… — J. William Fulbright
It is my vision that we all will dedicate the next decade to achieve universal literacy and education for all children, especially for girls. More… — Greg Mortenson
I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural. — Thomas Jefferson
In Latin America the border between soccer and politics is vague. There is a long list of governments that have fallen or been overthrown after… — Luis Suarez
The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone… — James Madison
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments. — Benjamin Franklin
Concentrated power can be always wielded in the interest of the few and at the expense of the many. Government in its last analysis is… — Lucy Parsons
The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion of totalitarian governments.… — E. O. Wilson
Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease. Greed is the key. It's easy to sit… — Roger Moore
Nobody suffers the pain of birth or the anguish of loving a child in order for presidents to make wars, for governments to feed on… — Lewis H. Lapham
The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves. — John F. Kennedy
The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue… — Benjamin Rush
We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. The merit will be doubled by… — James Madison
People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Our vision of interconnectedness resonates with new networks of world citizens in nongovernmental organizations linking from numberless centers of energy, expressing the emergence of a… — Dennis Kucinich
We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before. — John Perry Barlow
I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there… — Thomas Jefferson
The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. But is there any reason for… — Thomas B. Macaulay
The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state. — Anthony Gregory
[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld otherwise than by… — Algernon Sidney

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