Famous Quotes
Famous Quotes About Politics
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"Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments."
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."
"One of the penalties for refusing in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
"Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men."
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
"To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."
-Thomas Jefferson