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- It's harder to end a war than begin one. Indeed, everything that American troops have done in Iraq -- all the fighting… — Barack Obama
- I trust that the proposed Constitution afford a genuine specimen of representative government and republican government; and that it will answer, in… — Alexander Hamilton
- Sure the people are stupid: the human race is stupid. Sure Congress is an inefficient instrument of government. But the people are… — Bernard DeVoto
- Representative government has broken down. Our politicians represent not the people who vote for them but the commercial interests who finance their… — Edward Abbey
- The natural tendency of representative government, as of modern civilisation, is towards collective mediocrity: and this tendency is increased by all reductions… — John Stuart Mill
- I am very optimistic about -- about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're… — Joe Biden
- Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
- I believe that it is my duty and your duty to teach our children concerning this great God-inspired Constitution, this great law… — Charles W. Nibley
- We're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a… — Barack Obama
- If liberty is worth keeping and free representative government worth saving, we must stand for all American fundamentals-not some, but all. All… — Albert J. Beveridge
- The government being the peoples business, it necessarily follows that its operations should be at all times open to the public view.… — William Jennings Bryan
- When the people are too much attached to savage independence, to be tolerant of the amount of power to which it is… — John Stuart Mill