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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

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, Forget

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

Art, Science, Democracy, Circus, Monkey

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference. Thomas Jefferson

People, Rest, Bill Of Rights, Rights

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

Life, Happiness, Good, Care, Human, Only

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

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

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next. Abraham Lincoln

Education, School, Generation, Will

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

Struggle, Justice, Environmental, People

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, Disease, Mankind, Infantile

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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

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, Run, Problem, You, Out

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, Just, Limited, Federal

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams

Constitution, People, Moral, Only, Made

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

Time, Loyalty, 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

Patience, Good, Children, Sympathy, Lost

China's republican politics is like a child who just started schooling. He must have a good teacher and be surrounded by good friends. By the same token, the Chinese people, new to the republican politics, must be educated properly. The revolutionary government should be the people's tutor to impart advanced awareness and experience. Sun Yat-sen

Teacher, Good, Good Teacher, Child

We believe, as our founders did, that 'the pursuit of happiness' depends upon individual liberty; and individual liberty requires limited government. Paul Ryan

Happiness, Believe, Liberty, Individual

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, Money, Power, Giving, Keys, Whiskey

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. Hubert H. Humphrey

Life, Children, Moral, Dawn, Shadows

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, Watch, Jokes, Just

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Constitution, Rules, United States, Most

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw

Funny, Support, Depend, Always, Pay

All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion. Narendra Modi

Responsibility, Religion, Accept, Will

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. - Edward Abbey

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. Edward Abbey

Patriotism, Country, Ready, Always, Must

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost. Barack Obama

Trust, Job, People, Lost, Common, Which

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