Reader suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
Mark TwainI desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth I shall at least have one friend left and that friend shall be down inside of me.
Abraham LincolnI believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.
Franklin D. RooseveltPrinces and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
Niccolo MachiavelliIn my opinion eight years as president is enough, and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.
Harry S. TrumanThe most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control and outnumbers both of the other classes.
AristotleAmericans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
James MadisonThe 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. MenckenAny people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world.
Abraham LincolnIt is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.
Andrew JacksonThere is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.
Benjamin FranklinEvery government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
Thomas Jefferson