“I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.”
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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“Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.”
— James Madison
Author: James Madison
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“Every government must consider the security of the country. That is just part of the responsibilities of any government. But true security can only come out of unity within a country where there are so many ethnic nationalities.”
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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“Democracy… is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.”
— Plato
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“If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.”
— Barack Obama
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“The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.”
— George Washington
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“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.”
— Thomas Jefferson
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“The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.”
— James A. Garfield
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“My politics are of a practical kind – the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.”
— Winfield Scott Hancock
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“I have no doubt that the government of this great nation will work with its people to lead New Orleans and the Gulf Coast back to an enlightened, proud, safe part of the world.”
— Harry Connick, Jr.
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“The answer for healthcare is market incentives, not healthcare by a Godzilla-sized government bureaucracy.”
— Mitt Romney
Author: Mitt Romney
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