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~ The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment ~
~ The thin and precarious crust of decency is all that separates any civilization, however impressive, from the hell of anarchy or systematic tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface ~
~ So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs ~
~ The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform ~
~ No nation keeps its word. A nation is a big, blind worm, following what? Fate perhaps. A nation has no honor, it has no word to keep ~
~ The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them ~
~ Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master ~
~ If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin ~
~ In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex ~
~ I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time ~
~ We've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of government himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? ~
~ Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem ~
~ The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution ~
~ I think the best possible social program is a job ~
~ Nations crumble from within when the citizenry asks of government those things which the citizenry might better provide for itself ~
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