“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”
— Thomas Jefferson
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“Criticism in a time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government.”
— Robert Taft
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“Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.”
— George Washington
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“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.”
— Thomas Jefferson
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“There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save your money but retire with the same pension as a free-spending neighbor, that is also unfair.”
— Arthur C. Brooks
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“The essence of good government is trust.”
— Kathleen Sebelius
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“When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.”
— Winston Churchill
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“By making bold cuts in spending and commonsense entitlement reforms, we will make our government simpler, smaller, and smarter.”
— Mitt Romney
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“I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause.”
— Al-Waleed bin Talal
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“Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant.”
— David Attenborough
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“That government is best which governs least.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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