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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. Mark Twain

Time, Patriotism, Country, Memorial Day

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P. J. O'Rourke

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourke

Car, Power, Money, Giving, Whiskey, Like

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Power, Democracy, Never Forget, Alien

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money. - Margaret Thatcher

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money. Margaret Thatcher

Money, Socialism, Problem, You, Run, Out

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. - Winston Churchill

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Winston Churchill

Best, Democracy, Conversation, Argument

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. - H. L. Mencken

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. H. L. Mencken

Science, Art, Democracy, Monkey, Circus

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. - James Madison

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. James Madison

Men, Angels, Would, Necessary, Were

Election days come and go. But the struggle of the people to create a government which represents all of us and not just the one percent - a government based on the principles of economic, social, racial and environmental justice - that struggle continues. Bernie Sanders

Justice, Struggle, People, Environmental

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. - Albert Einstein

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. Albert Einstein

Nationalism, Mankind, Disease, Measles

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. - Will Rogers

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. Will Rogers

Funny, Thankful, Be Thankful, Getting

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Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it. - Lao Tzu

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it. Lao Tzu

Great, Cooking, Small, Fish, Too Much

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. - Abraham Lincoln

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. Abraham Lincoln

People, Earth, For The People, Shall

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. - Alexander Hamilton

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. Alexander Hamilton

Tyranny, Desire, Federal Government

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers

Politics, Facts, Jokes, Watch, Just

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? - Saint Augustine

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? Saint Augustine

Justice, Organized, Sovereignty, Absence

Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong. - Ron Paul

Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong. Ron Paul

Challenge, Patriotism, Wrong, Real

The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy. Milton Friedman

Great, Depression, Great Depression

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. - Ronald Reagan

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. Ronald Reagan

People, Run, Duty, First, Protect, Lives

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. Thomas Jefferson

Life, Good, Happiness, Care, First

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. - George Bernard Shaw

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. George Bernard Shaw

Democracy, Election, Corrupt, Many, Few

We were American citizens. We were incarcerated by our American government in American internment camps here in the United States. The term 'Japanese internment camp' is both grammatically and factually incorrect. George Takei

American, Internment, Here, United, Our

Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective. Pratibha Patil

Good, Together, People, Corruption, Must

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it. - Mark Twain

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it. Mark Twain

Loyalty, Time, Nation, Deserves

I have embraced crying mothers who have lost their children because our politicians put their personal agendas before the national good. I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens. Donald Trump

Good, Patience, Children, Sympathy, Lost

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. - John Locke

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. John Locke

End, Preservation, Property, Other

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

Power, Time, Best, Experience, Slow

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