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Once upon a time, government budgets were balanced, our money was sound, the streets were safe, and taxes imposed by all levels of government took… — Harry Browne
No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy. — Abraham Lincoln
To be governed ... is to be watched, inspected, directed, indoctrinated, numbered, estimated, regulated, commanded, controlled, law-driven, preached at, spied upon, censured, checked, valued, enrolled… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
He who disdains the fall in infant mortality and the gradual disappearance of famines and plagues may cast the first stone upon the materialism of… — Ludwig von Mises
The freedom of speech and the freedom of the press have not been granted to the people in order that they may say things which… — Samuel Gompers
Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. The Constitution was adopted in a period… — Charles Evans Hughes
The liberty the citizen enjoys is to be measured not by governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by the paucity of… — Herbert Spencer
Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to… — William Howard Taft
The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion... It is the man who carefully advances step… — Alexander Graham Bell
Success depends upon staying power. The reason for failure in most cases is lack of perseverance. — J.R. Miller
There are no limitations set by this electric universe upon any man's multiplication power. Each man sets his own limitations in accordance with his desires.… — Walter Russell
Resolve that you will now lay aside all else and concentrate upon the attainment of conscious unity with God. — Wallace D. Wattles
Fix upon your ideal of what you wish to make of yourself. — Wallace D. Wattles
The really great man is often considered selfish by a large group of people who are connected with him and who feel that he might… — Wallace D. Wattles
Chlorine is a deadly poison gas employed on European battlefields in World War I. Sodium is a corrosive metal which burns upon contact with water.… — Carl Sagan
In all our academies we attempt far too much. ... In earlier times lectures were delivered upon chemistry and botany as branches of medicine, and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken if one wishes to be able to take delicate measurements. The various objects used… — Marie Curie
You have heard of the new chemical nomenclature endeavored to be introduced by Lavoisier, Fourcroy, &c. Other chemists of this country, of equal note, reject… — Thomas Jefferson
Your remarks upon chemical notation with the variety of systems which have arisen, &c., &c., had almost stirred me up to regret publicly that such… — Michael Faraday
In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle… — Galileo Galilei

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