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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, 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

Socialism, Money, Problem, You, Run, Out

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, Circus, Monkey

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

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, Like, Whiskey

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

Desire, Tyranny, Federal Government

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

Education, School, Generation, Will

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, Protect, First, Lives

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

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

Men, Angels, Necessary, Were, Would

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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, Mankind, Disease, Measles

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, Protect, Them

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 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

The happiness of society is the end of government. - John Adams

The happiness of society is the end of government. John Adams

Happiness, Society, End

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, Against

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, Got

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, Destruction

Optimism is the ultimate definition of a leader. A leader has to look optimistically at what is ahead while not ignoring the challenges that must be overcome. Those challenges are in government, politics, world leadership, and even in community life. Linda McMahon

Life, Leader, Leadership, Community

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

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

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, Japanese

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

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

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. Andrew Jackson

Only, Necessary, Exist, Evils

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