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• When you authorised Congress to borrow money, and to contract debts, for carrying on the late war, you could not intend to… — Unknown Author
• Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not… — George Washington
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• The provisions we have made [for our government] are such as please ourselves; they answer the substantial purposes of government and of… — Thomas Jefferson
• No language is justly studied merely as an aid to other purposes. It will in fact better serve other purposes, philological or… — J.R.R. Tolkien
• I think it's undignified to read for the purposes of escape. After you grow up, you should start reading for other purposes — M. John Harrison
• An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these… — Hernando Cortes
• It's all about the fungibility and money. If Planned Parenthood accesses hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money and they use… — Eric Cantor
• Because of my voice, speaking words which had been carefully chosen, women had used money they had set aside for other purposes… — Kate Smith
• Any sensible family has a budget that lays out how much will be spent for household and other purposes. Without such planning,… — Walter Ulbricht
• Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed;… — Samuel Johnson
• Remember that the Tarot is a great and sacred arcanum - its abuse is an obscenity in the inner and a folly… — Jack Parsons

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