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

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

Country, Memorial Day

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

Run, Duty, Lives

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

Argument, Average, Against

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

Injustice, Leaders, Before

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, Like

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

Life, Good, Good Government

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, Paying, Getting

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

Percent, Racial, Represents

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

Country, Over, Voters

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, Problem, Other

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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

For The People, Perish

When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player. Milton Friedman

Motivation, Pursuit, Tries

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, Cage, Running

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

Disease, Mankind, Infantile

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

Will, Based, Ensure

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

Education, Generation, Next

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, Watch, Report

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, Nation, Deserves

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

Sick, Test, Elderly

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. H. L. Mencken

Almost, Without, Prevailing

One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government. Donald Trump

Politics, Go, Disgrace

Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: 'Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?' If you don't ask those questions, your governance will not be good. Pope Francis

Love, Humble, Everybody

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government. - George Washington

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government. George Washington

Mankind, Themselves, Left

Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men. B. R. Ambedkar

Living, Reverence, Towards

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

Development, Large

We have to be bold in our national ambitions. First, we must win the fight against poverty within the next decade. Second, we must improve moral standards in government and society to provide a strong foundation for good governance. Third, we must change the character of our politics to promote fertile ground for reforms. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Politics, Next, Decade

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