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The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man.
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man.

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Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.
The state is or can be master of money, but in a free society it is master of very little else.
Scratch a pessimist and you will often find a defender of privilege.
The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the de e to lead…
Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness.
The State, in organizing security should not stifle incentive, opportunity, responsibility; in establishing a national minimum, it should leave room and encouragement…
Unemployment is like a headache or a high temperature - unpleasant and exhausting but not carrying in itself any explanation of its…
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of…

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