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“The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.”

― Barack Obama, Inaugural Address

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“religion, and not fear, has ever been the cause of the long-lived prosperity of an absolute government.”

― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

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“The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of...”

― Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

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“For monarchy in every instance is the Popery of government.”

― Thomas Paine, Common Sense

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“My friends, some years ago, the Federal Government declared war on poverty, and poverty won.”

― Ronald Reagan, State of the Union Address

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“Now it is evident that the form of government is best in which every man, whoever he is, can act best and live happily.”

― Aristotle, Politics

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“In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, brain is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.”

― Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

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“For governing a country well there is nothing better than moderation.”

― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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“Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to govern us?”

― Thomas Paine, Common Sense

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“That government is best which governs least”

― Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

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